| White Marsh Marigold |
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| File size | 448345 |
| Original date | 6/3/17 12:12 PM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Caltha alba Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonyms: Caltha palustris var. alba, Caltha himalensis
Synonyms: Caltha palustris var. alba, Caltha himalensis
White Marsh Marigold is a perennial herb with stems 20-60 cm high, stout,
branched, hairless. Basal leaves have long stalks with broadly ovate
sheath. Leaves are kidney-shaped to round, 4-15 cm wide, margin regularly, rather
finely hooked or toothed. Stem-leaves are smaller, irregularly sharply
toothed, stalkless or with a short stalk. Flowers are white, 1-2 or
forming few-flowered corymbs, 2.5-6 cm in diameter. Sepals are 5-6,
petal-like, narrowly obovate, obovate-oblong or oblong-lanceshaped.
Stamens are numerous. Number of carpels are 5-15. Style is sharply
separated from ovary. Seeds are black, rarely brown, 1.6-1.7 mm long,
slightly asymmetrical. White Marsh Marigold is found in Kashmir and parts
of Pakistan.
| Identification credit: Sibasish Chatterjee | Photographed in Gulmarg, Kashmir. |
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