| Eared Leaf Coneflower |
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| File size | 96320 |
| Original date | 12/16/07 5:08 PM |
| Resolution | 2816 x 2112 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 72.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S3 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Strobilanthes auriculata Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Perilepta auriculata
Synonyms: Perilepta auriculata
Eared Leaf Coneflower is a species identified by its oblong, stalkless
and usually eared leaves, from which it derives its name
auriculata. However it is very variable, with varying shapes of
bracts and leaves. Violet-blue bell-shaped flowers are borne on upright
spikes in leaf axils. These spikes are covered with overlapping bracts
which have long silky hairs on them. The bracts are basically obovate in
shape, but there is a dramatic variation in bract size and whether it is
notched at the tip or not. Eared Leaf Coneflower is distributed along
the foothills of the Himalayas from Punjab to Darjeeling but is
apparently absent further east. It occurs further south in the Chota
Nagpur area of Bihar (it is the only Himalayan species to grow south of
the Ganges), in Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Manipur and other parts
of SE Asia.
| Identification credit: J.R.I. Wood, N.S. Dungriyal | Photographed in Madhya Pradesh & Manipur. |
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