| Yellow Himalayan Swertia |
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| File size | 902093 |
| Original date | 9/23/14 10:59 AM |
| Resolution | 3672 x 4896 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 7.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 3.9 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L620 |
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Botanical name: Swertia alternifolia Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Yellow Himalayan Swertia is a perennial herb, 15-25 cm
tall, distinctive in having a few large pale yellow flowers with blue
stamens, borne in a lax branched cluster. Flowers are spreading, up to
2.5 cm across. Petals are narrow-elliptic pointed, about 1.8 cm, with
paired, fringed nectaries. Sepals are lanceshaped about 1 cm, enlarging
to 2 cm in fruit. Leaves are elliptic pointed, the upper only 2-3,
clasping, much shorter than the lower, basal leaves with blade up to 10
cm. Stem is slender, branched only above and with flowers borne at
branch-ends flowers. Yellow Himalayan Swertia is found in shrubberies
and alpine slopes in the Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to C. Nepal, at
altitudes of 3000-4000 m.
Flowering: August-0ctober.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Lahaul Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. |
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