| Ceylon Forget-Me-Not |
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| File size | 1221396 |
| Original date | 8/25/10 3:45 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cynoglossum zeylanicum Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Synonyms: Cynoglossum coeruleum, Anchusa zeylanica
Synonyms: Cynoglossum coeruleum, Anchusa zeylanica
Ceylon Forget-Me-Not is an erect, branched herb;
branches more or less bristly with bulbous-based hairs. Leaves 3-8 x
1-1.8 cm, ovate-elliptic, margin fringed with hairs, entire or
obscurely toothed, tip pointed, base wedge-shaped or subpointed,
bristly on both surfaces. Flowers bluish-white, in at branch-ends,
simple or furcately branched one-sided racemes ; flower-cluster-stalk
hairy ; flower-stalks 3 mm long, curved. Calyx 5-lobed ; tube 1 mm long
; sepals 2 x 1 mm, enlarged in fruit, hairy without. Flowers are 3-4 mm
long, rotate ; Petals rounded at tip ; scales 5 at throat. Stamens 5,
inserted on flower tube ; filaments short ; anthers 2-celled. Ceylon
Forget-Me-Not is found in Afghanistan to the Indian Subcontinent, to
China and SE Asia. In India it is prominent in Western Ghats and the
Himalaya. Flowering: June-November.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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