| Greyish Hibiscus |
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| File size | 779423 |
| Original date | 12/31/16 2:03 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/800s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Hibiscus canescens Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Greyish Hibiscus a shrubs with branchlets woolly.
Leaves are 12-17 x 6-12 cm, broadly ovate, broadly rounded toothed, tip
minutely apiculate, upper surface sparsely hairy, woolly below, basally
7-nerved; leaf-stalk up to 12 cm, hairy, stipules linear, cauducous,
1.5-2 cm. Flowers are borne in leaf-axils, singly. Bracteoles are 5,
2.5 cm, lanceshaped, velvet-hairy; sepals 1.5 cm; petals 6.5 x 3.5 cm,
obovate, yellow, base inside purple; staminal tube shorter than flower.
Capsules are 3 x 4 cm, hairy. Greyish Hibiscus is found in South Asia
and Africa. In India it is basically found in Peninsular India.
Flowering: January-February.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in KMTR, Tamil Nadu. |
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