| Clustered Morning Glory |
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| Original date | 11/5/15 4:36 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-H300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ipomoea staphylina Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning glory family)
Synonyms: Ipomoea dichroa
Synonyms: Ipomoea dichroa
Clustered Morning Glory is a robust straggling shrub
with pink funnel-shaped flowers 2 cm long, borne in panicles. The
species name comes from the Greek word staphyle, meaning cluster,
referring to the flower arrangement. Flower-stalks are 0.5-1 cm; bracts
minute; outer sepals 5 x 4 mm, oblong, blunt, inner obovate with
hyaline margins, 6 x 5 mm. Flower 2 cm long, shallowly 5-lobed, funnel
shaped, pink; stamens 5, included, base dilated, hairy, filaments 7-8
mm; anthers 3 mm; ovary 2 mm; style 1.5 cm, stigma 2, spherical.
Panicles of cymes arise in leaf-axils, up to 15 cm. Leaves are up to 15
x 10 cm, broadly ovate, base heart-shaped, tip pointed, membranous,
nerves oblique; leaf-stalk 6.5 cm. Clustered Morning Glory is found in
India, China and Sri Lanka.
| Identification credit: S. Jeevith | Photographed in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. |
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