| Rosy Lobelia |
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| File size | 2318160 |
| Original date | 12/23/08 3:09 PM |
| Resolution | 2592 x 1944 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.33mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-T20 |
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Botanical name: Lobelia rosea Family: Campanulaceae (Bell flower family)
Synonyms: Dortmanna rosea, Rapuntium roseum
Synonyms: Dortmanna rosea, Rapuntium roseum
Rosy Lobelia is a tall herb having stem with
horizontal branches, upwards softly hairy, leaves narrowly lanceshaped
velvety above, flower-cluster-stalks crowded raceme-like. Stem is 4-12
ft., nearly erect, branches short, horizontal with drooping tips,
flowers crowded. Leaves are 15 by 2.5 cm, narrowed at both ends, nearly
stalkless, minutely toothed. Flower-cluster-stalks are 0.6 cm, rarely
2.5 cm, softly hairy, often recurved. Calyx-tube is hairy, teeth linear
minutely toothed. Flowers are about 2 cm, rose or white. Anthers
usually very hairy on the backs, tips of 2 lower bearded. Capsules are
8 mm in diameter, nearly spherical. Seeds ellipsoid, compressed. Rosy
Lobelia is found in Subtropical Himalaya, from Kumaun to Bhutan, NE India,
Burma, at altitudes of 300-1200 m. It is abundant in NE India.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Manipur. |
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