| Blue Trumpet Bush |
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| File size | 94175 |
| Original date | 9/16/11 1:38 PM |
| Resolution | 760 x 570 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1250s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
| Focus Distance | 0.0m |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot SX130 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Aechmanthera gossypina Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Aechmanthera tomentosa, Ruellia tomentosa
Synonyms: Aechmanthera tomentosa, Ruellia tomentosa
Blue Trumpet Bush is a small shrub, up to 1.2 m tall, with densely white-
felted lower branches. Oppositely arranged leaves are elliptic, pointed,
5-10 cm long, margin with rounded teeth. Leaf underside is often dense
white-woolly. Leaves are stalked. Flowers are blue, violet or purplish,
borne in 4-8 flowered clusters. Flowers are up to 2.5 cm long, narrow
tubular at the base, enlarged upwards, opening into 5 rounded spreading
petals. Sepal cup is densely glandular-hairy, with linear sepals about 1
cm. Blue Trumpet Bush is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Bhutan,
at altitudes of 300-2400 m. Flowering: August-October.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed on Mussoorie-Chakrata Road, Uttarakhand. |