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| File size | 197613 |
| Original date | 3/15/05 1:02 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/262s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Salvia splendens Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Scarlet sage is one of the most commonly grown ornamental Salvia species.
It is cultivated as a bedding plant in many countries. It is a woody herb,
growin up to
90 cm tall. Leaf stalks are 3-4.5 cm long, hairless. Leaf blade is ovate to
triangular-ovate, 2.5-7 cm long, 2-4.5 cm wide, smooth, margin toothed, with a
tapering tip. Flowers are borne in 2-6-flowered racemes, up to 20
cm. Bracts are ovate, red, enveloping flowers in bud. In bud, the
inflorescens looks like overlapping bracts.
Flower stalks are 4-7 mm, red hairy. Sepal cup is red, bell-shaped, about
1.6 cm in flower, dilated to 2 cm after mturity.
Flower tube is scarlet, 4-4.2 cm, velvety, slightly dilated at
throat. Upper lip is straight, somewhat concave, oblong, 8-9 × ca. 4 mm; lower
lip shorter than upper. Flowering: March-October.
Identification credit: Pankaj Kumar
| Photographed in Delhi & Manipur. |