| Lunaria-Leaf Hibiscus |
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| File size | 766598 |
| Original date | 2/2/17 12:19 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/4000s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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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 lunariifolius Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Synonyms: Cotyloplecta dongolensis, Cotyloplecta macrantha
Synonyms: Cotyloplecta dongolensis, Cotyloplecta macrantha
Lunaria-Leaf Hibiscus is a shrub, densely covered
with soft spreading hairs. Leaves are 7-16 x 6-18 cm, shallowly 3-5-
lobed, heart-shaped at base; lobes pointed to tapering, sawtoothed,
star-shaped-hairy; leaf-stalk to 25 cm long. Flowers are borne in
leaf-axils or at branch-ends, in racemes. Bracts are 25 x 3 mm,
linear-lanceshaped; calyx 15 mm long, bell-shaped, lobes tapering.
Flower are large, 7-10 cm across, yellow with brown eye. Capsules are 2
x 1.5 cm, ovoid, blunt, cuspidate, star-shaped-hairy; seeds 2.5 x 2 mm,
rugose. Lunaria-Leaf Hibiscus is found worldwide in Paleotropics.
Flowering: October-February.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Yelagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu. |
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