| Angled Wild Mallow |
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| File size | 456999 |
| Original date | 12/28/14 10:15 AM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 13.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Abelmoschus angulosus Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Synonyms: Abelmoschus angulosus var. grandiflorus
Synonyms: Abelmoschus angulosus var. grandiflorus
Angled Wild Mallow is a prickly annual shurb.
Leaves are round, 3-5 lobed, arrow-shaped or heart-shaped at base,
sparsely woolly on both sides, up to 12 x 10 cm; basally 9-ribbed.
Flowers are borne in racemes at branch-ends. False sepals are
ovate-pointed, densely hairy along margins. Petals are obovate, yellow
with purple base, 8-10 cm long. Capsule is densely hairy, subtended by
the enlarged false sepals. Angled Wild Mallow is found in Western
Ghats, Indo-Malesia to Australia.
| Identification credit: Anurag Sharma, Shrikant Sutar | Photographed in Agumbe, Karnataka. |
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