| Tiny Chickweed |
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| File size | 207881 |
| Original date | 6/20/15 12:34 PM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cerastium pusillum Family: Caryophyllaceae (Carnation family)
Synonyms: Cerastium alpinum var. glanduliferum, Cerastium vulgatum var. leiopetalum
Synonyms: Cerastium alpinum var. glanduliferum, Cerastium vulgatum var. leiopetalum
Tiny Chickweed is a clustered perennial herb, 6-9 cm.
Petals are white, about 1.5 times longer than the sepals, a diagnostic
feature, bilobed at tip. Styles 5. Sepals are 4-6 mm, elliptic, with a
scarious margin, glandular-hairy. Flower-stalk densely glandular-hairy,
5-8 mm, longer than the sepals. Flowers are borne 1-3 at branch ends.
Bracts are leaf-like, lanceshaped. Stems are many, rising up to
prostrate, glandular-hairy, sparse at the base, becoming dense upwards.
Leaves are 5-15 x 3-5 mm, lanceshaped, hairy, tip almost pointed to
blunt, base stalkless. Capsule is almost twice the length of the
sepals, teeth 10, flat. Tiny Chickweed is found in Afghanistan to S.
Siberia, China and West Himalaya, in alpine meadows or stony places at
altitudes of 2800-4200 m. Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Lahaul Valley, Himachal Pradesh. |
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