| Amber-Throated Primrose |
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| Original date | 6/10/10 1:33 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/368s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Primula dickieana Family: Primulaceae (Primrose family)
Synonyms: Aleuritia dickieana
Synonyms: Aleuritia dickieana
Amber-Throated Primrose is a perennial herb found in NE India. Leaf stalks are
winged, about 1/5 to as long as leaf blade. Leaves are elliptic-obovate to
oblanceolate, 1.5-7 cm long, 0.3-1 cm broad, tapering at base, margin
nearly entire to remotely toothed. Flowering stem is 8-20 cm tall. Yellow
flowers are borne in 1-6-flowered umbels. Flower-stalks are 1-7 mm,
elongating to 2.5 cm in fruit. Sepal cup is tubular-bellshaped, 6.5-8 mm,
parted to 1/3 or near middle. Sepals are triangular. Flowers can be
yellow, white, or purple. Flower-tube is 3-4 times as long as the sepal
cup, velvety at mouth and inside. Flowers are 2-3 cm wide with inverted-
heartshaped petals 7-8 mm. Capsule is ovoid, nearly as long as calyx.
Amber-Throated Primrose is found in wet meadows in the Himalayas, at elevations
of 4000-5000 m in Bhutan, Myanmar, NE India, Nepal and Sikkim.
Flowering: June-July.
| Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess | Photographed in Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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