| Oval-Leaf Stone Flower |
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| File size | 640273 |
| Original date | 7/23/16 1:49 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 4.8 |
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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 ovalifolia Family: Gesneriaceae (Gloxinia family)
Synonyms: Didymocarpus ovalifolius, Roettlera ovalifolia
Synonyms: Didymocarpus ovalifolius, Roettlera ovalifolia
Oval-Leaf Stone Flower is a stemless herb with leaves
ovate rounded toothed white-bristly on both surfaces.
Flower-cluster-stalks are 3-5-flowered, flowers broadly bell-shaped
swollen, base pouch-like. Flower-cluster-stalks are about 8 cm, sepals
4 mm. Flowers are 1.2-1.6 cm, blue-yellow, nearly hairless. Filaments
are short, anthers hairless. Ovary is hairy, style about as long as the
ovary, nearly hairless, stigma small somewhat head-like. Leaves are 7-8
x 3.5-4 cm, blunt, base rounded, shallowly rounded toothed, above
densely bristly, beneath chiefly on the nerves. Nerves are 8-12 pairs,
parallel. Leaf-stalks are long, 2.5-10 cm. Capsules are linear,
straight or somewhat oblique at the base. Oval-Leaf Stone Flower is
found in S. Deccan Peninsula, at altitudes of 1600 m.
| Identification credit: C. Rajasekar | Photographed in Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. |
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