| Red-Sepal Buttercup |
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| File size | 338187 |
| Original date | 7/1/12 11:12 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ranunculus rubrocalyx Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonyms: Ranunculus rufosepalus var. parviflora
Synonyms: Ranunculus rufosepalus var. parviflora
Red-Sepal Buttercup is a perennial herb, sometime
loosely growing in clusters. Flower-cluster-stalks are densely hairy
towards the uppermost part. Flowers arise singly, 1.5-1.8 cm across,
yellow. Petals are 0.7-0.9 cm long, obovate. Sepals are 0.5-0.7 cm
long, ovate, red-brown, with short appressed white hairs. Stem is 8-20
cm long, one to many, rising up, sparsely with appressed hairs
throughout. Radical leaves are stalked; blade 3-parted, nearly round in
outline, segments obovate, free to the base or united, toothed, hairy
at margins; lobules ovate-oblong entire or toothed; leaf-stalks 4-6 cm
long, sparsely appressed with white hairs. Stem leaves are few,
stalkless, palmately parted; lobes linear, entire or incised toothed.
Red-Sepal Buttercup is found in NW Himalaya, Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Russia, in rocky areas up to altitudes of 4400 m. Flowering:
June-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in enroute to Changla, Ladakh. |
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