| Bent Himalayan Coneflower |
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| File size | 146456 |
| Original date | 11/14/08 10:51 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 3.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Strobilanthes sabineana Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Ruellia sabiniana, Strobilanthes sabiniana
Synonyms: Ruellia sabiniana, Strobilanthes sabiniana
Bent Himalayan Coneflower is a very beautiful plant,
It was named in the honour of horticulturist Joseph Sabine.
Flowers are pale blue, 2.5-3 cm, velvet-hairy on petals, tube cylinderical
for about 5 mm, then bent 90 degrees and abruptly widened to 1 cm at mouth.
The flowers open two on each spike at a time, never more. Oppositely
arranged elliptic leaves are highly unequal in each pair. Leaves are
purplish or almost white on the underside. Bent Himalayan Coneflower is
found in the eastern Himalaya, from Nepal to NE India, up to altitudes
of 1900 m. Flowering: November.
| Identification credit: John Wood | Photographed in Cherapunjee, Meghalaya. |
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