| Lanceleaf Thorowax |
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| File size | 655843 |
| Original date | 7/6/11 7:25 PM |
| Resolution | 2360 x 1770 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 14.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Bupleurum lanceolatum Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Lanceleaf Thorowax is a perennial herb, 30-150
cm tall. Stem is branched above. Lower stem leaves are long-stalked, up
to 15 cm long, blade lanceshaped to broadly oval, 7-9 veined, tips
acute. Upper leaves are gradually shorter, short-stalked to nearly
stalkless, 5-7 veined. Flowers are carried in umbels on stalks 2-5 cm
long. Involucral bracts are lacking or sometimes 1, minute. Rays are
5-8, slender. Involucel of 5 linear, 3-veined bractlets, shorter than
the flowering umbellet. Flower-stalks are longer than the flowers.
Stylopodium disc-shaped; styles short, divaricate. Fruit is oblong to
ovoid, 3-4 mm long. Lanceleaf Thorowax is found in the Himalayas, at
altitudes of 2000-3000 m.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Sirmaur Distt., Himachal Pradesh. |
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