| Naked-Stem Wallflower |
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| Original date | 6/16/14 11:33 AM |
| Resolution | 1376 x 1032 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/2000s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Parrya nudicaulis Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
Synonyms: Cardamine articulata, Parrya scapigera, Arabis nudicaulis
Synonyms: Cardamine articulata, Parrya scapigera, Arabis nudicaulis
Naked-Stem Wallflower is a perennial herb with
showy lilac, violet or white flowers, about 2 cm across, borne atop
leafless stems, and with a dense rosette of long-stalked,
inverted-lanceshaped leaves. Petals are 1.5-2.2 cm long, the stalks of
the petals much longer than the sepals which are about 1 cm. Leaves are
4-15 cm long, glandular hairy, usually entire, but sometimes with small
lobes. Stems are up to 10 cm in flowering, 10-30 cm during fruiting.
Fruit is 3-6.5 cm, glandular, often with way margin. Naked-Stem
Wallflower is found on rocky slope in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan
to Bhutan, at altitudes of 4300-5300 m. Quite common in Ladakh.
Flowering: June-July.
Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess
| Photographed in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. |