| Barleria Petal-Bush |
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| Original date | 5/27/06 10:36 AM |
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| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
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| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-H1 |
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Botanical name: Petalidium barlerioides Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Ruellia barlerioides, Ruellia bracteata
Synonyms: Ruellia barlerioides, Ruellia bracteata
Barleria Petal-Bush is a erect, up to 1-1.5 m tall, finely
hairy shrublet with Barleria-like flowers. Leaves are carried on 4-10
mm long stalks. They are ovate, 5-10 x 4-6 cm, toothed, pointed to
tapering. Flowers are pale-blue or white, 3.5-4.0 cm long, solitary,
axillary or in small clusters. Bracts are absent, bracteoles are ovate,
about 2.5 cm long, entire, long-pointed. Sepals are linear-subulate,
erect, one a little longer and broader than the rest. Flower tube is
cylindrical, hairy inside, limb lobes patent, obovate, blunt, minutely
toothed. Ovary is ovoid, glandular above, style shortly hairy, longer
than flower tube. Capsule is compressed, shortly stipitate, about 1.2
cm long, usually 2-seeded. Barleria Petal-Bush is found in Tropical
Himalayas, from Kumaun to Nepal, at altitudes of 400-500 m. It is also
found in the Western Ghats. Flowering: January-April.
| Identification credit: Navendu Pagé | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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