| Hairy Stone Flower |
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| File size | 642272 |
| Original date | 3/3/17 9:51 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Henckelia incana Family: Gesneriaceae (Gloxinia family)
Synonyms: Didymocarpus tomentosus, Didymocarpus rottlerianus, Rottlera incana
Synonyms: Didymocarpus tomentosus, Didymocarpus rottlerianus, Rottlera incana
Hairy Stone Flower is a herb with leaves elliptic,
narrowed at the base rounded toothed woolly, flower 1.2 cm, capsule 1.6
cm,sharply pointed. Flowers are blue-purple with some yellow marks,
tube is nearly 8 mm, curved, mouth very oblique. Style is thick,
hairless, stigma large, hairless. Sepals are 2-3 mm, narrowly oblong,
hairy. Ovary very hairy. Flower-cluster-stalks are 10 cm long,
many-flowered. Leaves are 7.5 x 5 cm blunt, green, hairy above, woolly
beneath, even when mature. Leaf-stalk is 1.6 cm long. Hairy Stone
Flower is found in Peninsular India. Flowering: May-October.
| Identification credit: C. Rajasekar | Photographed in Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. |
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