| Deep-Purple Indigo |
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| File size | 304022 |
| Original date | 9/4/11 10:32 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Indigofera atropurpurea Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Indigofera cavaleriei, Indigofera hamiltonii
Synonyms: Indigofera cavaleriei, Indigofera hamiltonii
Deep-Purple Indigo is a large hairless shrub, 2-3 m
tall, with compound leaves and usually with deep purple flowers in long
slender erect spikes 10-30 cm long. The spikes are as long or longer
than the leaves. Flowers are very numerous, 6-9 mm long,
pea-flower-shaped, dark red or deep purple. Calyx c. 2.5 mm long, teeth
short, deltoid. Corolla red. Branches are velvety when young. Leaves
are compound, 15-22.5 cm long, stalk about 2.5-5.0 cm long. Leaflets
are 11-17, about 2.5-4.0 cm long, oblong, obtuse, hairless. Fruit is
about 2.5-3.8 cm long, linear, hairless, 6-10-seeded. Deep-Purple
Indigo is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan and China, at
altitudes of 700-3200 m. Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh. |
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