| Showy Aromatic Lobelia |
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| File size | 191298 |
| Original date | 1/25/14 1:17 PM |
| Resolution | 748 x 561 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 20.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lobelia leschenaultiana Family: Campanulaceae (Bell flower family)
Synonyms: Lobelia camptodon, Lobelia nicotianifolia var. macrostemon
Synonyms: Lobelia camptodon, Lobelia nicotianifolia var. macrostemon
Showy Aromatic Lobelia is stout erect shrub, usually
unbranched. Leaves are 15-25 x 3-6 cm, linear-elliptic, densely
velvet-hairy below, shortly and broadly stalked. Flower racemes 25-60
cm long are carried on top of the stem. Bracts are 2.5 cm long, linear,
velvety. Flowers are numerous, densely packed, stalks velvety, bracts
2.5 cm long, linear; sepals 14 x 2 mm, linear, long-pointed, toothed.
Flowers are pale pink, 2.5 cm long, lobes linear; staminal tube narrow,
2.5 cm long, anthers 7 mm long, all hairless. Capsule is 8 x 8 mm,
depressed globose, scabrid; seeds biconvex, brown. Showy Aromatic
Lobelia is native to Peninsular India. Flowering: All year.
| Identification credit: V.K.Haridasan, P.K. Mukherjee | Photographed at Mullayanagiri, Karnataka. |
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