| Chilean Bell Flower |
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| File size | 118261 |
| Original date | 2/28/14 12:16 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 550D |
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Botanical name: Nolana paradoxa Family: Solanaceae (Potato family)
Synonyms: Nolana geminiflora, Nolana rupestris
Synonyms: Nolana geminiflora, Nolana rupestris
Chilean Bell Flower is a small creeping plant,
growing up to 20-60 cm high. It bears alternate and slightly succulent
leaves, which are ovate, 5-7 cm long, up to 2 cm broad, stalked.
Flowers are eye-catching, flared funnel-shaped, 4-6 cm across, blue
with a white and yellow center. Flowers have 5 sepals. Horticultural
varieties now have different colors, from pure white to full blue.
Chilean Bell Flower was named paradoxa because the structure of
its fruit differs radically from that of other species of
Nolana. Chilean Bell Flower is from Chile and Peru.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Pusa campus, Delhi. |