| Slender Thorowax |
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| File size | 312303 |
| Original date | 6/23/15 11:24 AM |
| Resolution | 1480 x 1110 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Bupleurum gracillimum Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Synonyms: Bupleurum falcatum var. gracillimum
Synonyms: Bupleurum falcatum var. gracillimum
Slender Thorowax is a slender perennial herb with
main stem short, about 1 cm long. Many slender branches arise from the
base, often prostrate, up to 35 cm long. Basal leaves are crowded,
linear up to 6 cm long. Upper leaves are gradually shorter and fewer,
linear, slightly stem-clasping, veins 5-7. Involucral bracts are 2-5,
linear, unequal, veins 3. Flower umbels have 2-5 slender rays.
Umbellets are subtended by 5-6 linear long-pointed bractlets, as long
or longer than the flowering umbellet, with 3 veins. Flower-stalks are
as long as the flowers. Each petal has a broad, brown resin canal.
Stylopodium brown. Fruit 3 mm long. Slender Thorowax is found in the
Himalayas, from Kashmir to Sikkim, at altitudes of 2500-4200 m.
Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: J.M. Garg | Photographed in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh. |
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