| Himalayan Pieris |
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| File size | 554886 |
| Original date | 5/14/18 8:51 AM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 16.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3200 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Pieris formosa Family: Ericaceae (Blueberry family)
Himalayan Pieris is a shrub or a small tree, reaching up to 3–5 m tall, with clusters of beautiful white or pinkish white flowers. The botanical
species name formosa means beautiful. Branches can be smooth or covered with fine hairs. Leaves are often reddish
when young, with a leaf-stalk 1–1.5 cm. Leaves are lancelike, elliptic, or
oblong, rarely oblanceolate, 3–14 X 1.4 cm. Leaf margin is distinctly
toothed from base to apex. Urn shaped flowers, 5–8 mm, are white, often
pink-tinged in bud, occuring in panicles or racemes, 4–10 cm. Sepals are
lancelike, 4 mm, often pink tinged. Seeds spindle-shaped, 2–3 mm. It is
found in thickets and open slopes at altitudes of 2000-3300 m. Distributed
in NE India (Assam, Manipur, Sikkim), Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam.
Flowering: May–June.
| Identification credit: Saroj Kasaju, Susmita Basu | Photographed in Sandakphu, West Bengal & Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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