| Chinese Golden-Bell Tree |
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| Original date | 3/31/19 4:27 PM |
| Resolution | 5472 x 3648 |
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| Focal length | 20.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 7D Mark II |
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Botanical name: Forsythia viridissima Family: Oleaceae (Jasmine family)
Synonyms: Rangium viridissimum, Rangium koreanum var. fertile
Synonyms: Rangium viridissimum, Rangium koreanum var. fertile
Chinese Golden-Bell Tree is an erect, deciduous or
semi-evergreen shrub up to 2 m high, with upright shoots which remain
green in the second year, and elliptic-lanceshaped leaves. Flowers are
3 cm across and produced singly or occasionally in twos or threes.
Flowers are deep yellow outside, tinged with orange-yellow stripes
inside; tube 5-6 mm; petals narrowly oblong, 0.6-1.8 cm, curled. Pistil
is 5.5-7 mm in flowers with stamens 3.5-5 mm or about 3 mm in flowers
with stamens 6-7 mm. Sepals are broadly ovate or elliptic, 2-4 mm,
fringed with hairs. Capsules are ovoid, 1-1.5 cm x 6-10 mm, warty;
stalk 3-7 mm. Chinese Golden-Bell Tree is native to S. China, S. Korea,
cultivated elsewhere. Flowering: March-April.
| Identification credit: Akhtar Malik | Photographed in Kashmir University Botanical Garden. |
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