| White Ghost Flower |
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| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/40s |
| Aperture | 2.7 |
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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: Christisonia calcarata Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)
Synonyms: Christisonia lawii, Christisonia stocksii
Synonyms: Christisonia lawii, Christisonia stocksii
White Ghost Flower is a parasitic herb with a simple hairless stem,
10 cm or more tall with a corymb-like raceme at the top. Scales are broadly
ovate, blunt; bracteoles absent; flower-stalks 5 cm or more long. Tubular
flowers are 4-6 cm long, whitish below with pale bluish limb. Sepals are 1-2
cm long, including 3-4 mm long segments. Stamen filaments are velvet-hairy;
anther cells often dimorphic, sterile cells conically spurred. Capsules are
6-9 mm long and about as broad, with persistent sepals;
seeds 2.5 mm in diameter. White Ghost Flower is found in India, Pakistan
and Sri Lanka. Flowering: July-August.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed at Prabalgad Fort, Maharashtra. |
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