| Large-Flower Lindenbergia |
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| File size | 447538 |
| Original date | 2/6/16 12:44 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 140.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| 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: Lindenbergia grandiflora Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)
Synonyms: Stemodia grandiflora
Synonyms: Stemodia grandiflora
Large-Flower Lindenbergia is an annual climber,
much branched, densely hairy. Branches are slender, flexuous, 15-80 cm.
Leaves are opposite; leaf-stalk to 7 cm; leaf blade ovate, up to 20 cm
below, noticeably decreasing in size upward, margin wavy and
sawtoothed; lateral veins 6-10 on each side of midrib. Flowers are
borne in lax spikes, up to 25 cm. Flowers are nearly stalkless,
solitary from bract axils. Calyx 7-8 mm, glandular hairy; sepals equal,
spreading flat, round, tip blunt. Flowers are golden yellow, up to 3
cm; tube 2-3 times as long as calyx, sparsely hairy; throat with 2
oblong red-dotted plaits; lower lip broader than wide, to 2.5 cm,
lateral lobes oblong, middle lobe smaller than other lobes, round, and
notched; upper lip short and round, notched. Capsules are ovoid, tip
protruding from persistent calyx. Large-Flower Lindenbergia is found in
the Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to Bhutan, Darjeeling, Nepal, Sikkim,
at altitudes of 700-2400 m.
| Identification credit: Amber Srivastava | Photographed in Byasi, Uttarakhand. |
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