| Tiny Flower Hibiscus |
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| File size | 667297 |
| Original date | 6/3/06 3:32 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/352s |
| Aperture | 5.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Photo: Thingnam Girija |
Botanical name: Hibiscus micranthus Family: Malvaceae (mallow family)
Synonyms: Hibiscus ovalifolius
Synonyms: Hibiscus ovalifolius
This should be a Hibiscus with one of the smallest flowers. Tiny Flower Hibiscus is a perennial with branched stems branched, stiff, erect, up to 40-100 cm. Leaves with stalk up to 1.2 cm, variable in size and shape, 0.5-2.5 x 0.5-3.5 cm, triangular or oval with rounded base, with toothed edges and pointed tips. Flowers white, 0.5 cm across, on stalks up to 3 cm, only open in direct sunlight. Fruit a spherical capsule, 1 cm across. Seeds densely covered with white hairs. Flowering Jan.-May. Tiny Flower Hibiscus is native to Tropical Africa, Arabia, India and Pakistan.
Identification credit: Navendu Page & Pradip Krishen
| Photographed in Garden of Five Senses, Delhi. |