| Dwarf Chirita |
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| File size | 342574 |
| Original date | 5/31/19 11:28 AM |
| Resolution | 1864 x 1398 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/40s |
| Aperture | 3.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Henckelia pumila Family: Gesneriaceae (Gloxinia family)
Synonyms: Chirita flava, Didymocarpus speciosus, Chirita pumila
Synonyms: Chirita flava, Didymocarpus speciosus, Chirita pumila
Dwarf Chirita is an erect hairy annual herb, without
rhizome, with rather large solitary or several drooping funnel-shaped
pale purple flowers tinged with yellow, or flowers white. Stems are
erect, 6-46 cm, velvet-hairy to sparsely hairy. Flowers are hairy, 3.5
cm long, with 5 short nearly equal rounded spreading lobes. Calyx is
tubular, with dense white hairs and with narrow recurved sepals. Leaves
are broadly lanceshaped pointed. toothed, the largest 6-10 cm. Capsules
are erect, 6-12 cm. Dwarf Chirita is found in the Himalayas, from
Himachal to NE India, China, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand,
N Vietnam, at altitudes of 800-2800 m. Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Nidhan Singh, Ashutosh Sharma | Photographed in East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh and Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. |
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