| Rosy Flaming-Acanthus |
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| File size | 500100 |
| Original date | 3/10/20 11:49 AM |
| Resolution | 5184 x 3888 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto |
| Focal length | 26.9mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX B700 |
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Botanical name: Phlogacanthus vitellinus Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Justicia vitellina, Janasia rosea, Phlogacanthus quadrangularis
Synonyms: Justicia vitellina, Janasia rosea, Phlogacanthus quadrangularis
Rosy Flaming-Acanthus is a shrub up to 1 m tall, with
stem thin. Flowers are borne in 3.5-4 x 1-1.4 cm long clusters at
branch-ends; bracts 2, 0.2-0.3 cm, bracteoles absent. Flower are
inflated at the mouth, widened upwards, purplish pink, 1.2-1.3 cm,
velvet-hairy. Sepal-cup is 0.4-0.6 cm, finely velvet-hairy. Leaves are
13-15 x 6-7 cm, elliptic, tapering, lanceshaped; lateral nerves 7-9
pairs. Gynoecium is light pink, 1-1.1 cm, seeds 1.9-2 cm, hairless.
Rosy Flaming-Acanthus is found in China South-Central, East Himalaya,
NE India, Myanmar, Thailand. Flowering: February-April.
| Identification credit: Ritesh Choudhary | Photographed in Pasighat, East-Siang distt, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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