| Rough-Leaved Honeysuckle |
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| File size | 574320 |
| Original date | 7/14/14 12:59 PM |
| Resolution | 3648 x 2736 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lonicera asperifolia Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Synonyms: Lonicera affinis, Caprifolium asperifolium, Xylosteon asperifolium
Synonyms: Lonicera affinis, Caprifolium asperifolium, Xylosteon asperifolium
Rough-Leaved Honeysuckle is an erect shrub up to 1.5 m
tall, with branches and leaves bristly all over. Flowers are tubular,
1.3-1.8 cm long, narrow, swollen at the base, broader at the mouth,
petals at least half as long as the tube, nearly equal, bristly on the
outer surface. Stamens and style protrude out. Sepal-tube is glandular,
fringed with hairs. Flower-cluster-stalks are up to 3 mm long. Bracts
are 5-7 mm, ovate, flat, glandular-velvet-hairy, bristly. Leaves are
2-3 x 0.5-1.2 cm, ovate or elliptic, somewhat pointed, base more or
less rounded, margin bristly, fringed with hairs, crisp, scattered
bristly hair on both surfaces. Berries are borne in pairs with
persistent sepal-cup, about 1 cm long, ovoid, free, orange-red.
Rough-Leaved Honeysuckle is found in dry valleys in C. Asia, Hindukush,
Afghanistan, Himalayas eastward to China, at altitudes of 3000-4000 m.
Flowering: May-July.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Baralacha, Himachal Pradesh. |
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