| Spiked Coneflower |
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| File size | 179492 |
| Original date | 6/2/18 9:37 AM |
| Resolution | 1080 x 810 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Strobilanthes spicatus Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Strobilanthes phyllocaulos, Pteracanthus phyllocaulos
Synonyms: Strobilanthes phyllocaulos, Pteracanthus phyllocaulos
Spiked Coneflower is a herb with stout, hairy stems,
30-75 cm tall, 4-angled, thinly hairy. Flowers are borne at branch-ends
or very rarely also from upper leaf axils, in spikes, 5-15 cm long.
Calyx is 0.8-1.2 cm, 5-lobed almost to base. Flowers are funnel-shaped,
strongly curved, blue to purple, 3.2-4 cm. Flower tube is cylindric at
the base and about 2 mm wide for about 5 mm then bent to about 90° and
widened to about 1.5 cm at mouth; lobes are ovate, about 6 x 7 mm, tip
blunt. Leaves are virtually stalkless, ovate to rarely ovate-oblong,
2-5 x 1.2-3 cm, both surfaces thinly hairy, secondary veins about 4 on
each side of midvein, base rounded, heart-shaped, or rarely
wedge-shaped, margin rounded toothed to nearly entire, tip pointed to
blunt. Spiked Coneflower is supposedly found only in Meghalaya, at
altitudes of 1500-2000 m, but we found it growing wild in Manipur too.
Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: John Wood | Photographed at Shirui hill, Ukhrul, Manipur. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,