| Agumbe Balsam |
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| File size | 444263 |
| Original date | 8/21/09 11:05 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A2000 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Impatiens agumbeana Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Agumbe Balsam is a slender herb growing on mossy
tree trunks. Leaf-stalks are up to 3.5 cm long, leaf-blade
ovate-elliptic, saw-toothed on margins, up to 4 cm long and 2 cm wide.
Flowering stem is up to 13 cm long. Flower-stalks are up to 2 cm long.
Lateral sepals are ovate; median sepa saucer-shaped; spur slightly
sickle-shaped, broader and flattened distally, blunt at tip, up to 7 mm
long. Flowers are pink, wings 3-lobed, 1.5 cm long, short clawedl
dorsal ear slender, elongated, up to 5 mm long, produced into spur.
Agumbe Balsam is endemic to Karnataka.
Flowering: August-September.
| Identification credit: Bhaskar V. | Photographed in Agumbe, Karnataka. |
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