| Foldwing Justicia |
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| Original date | 7/28/08 11:32 AM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 681 |
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| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
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Botanical name: Justicia pubigera Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Peristrophe pubigera, Justicia edgeworthii, Rhaphidospora ciliata
Synonyms: Peristrophe pubigera, Justicia edgeworthii, Rhaphidospora ciliata
Foldwing Justicia is an erect, basally woody, up to
1.2 m tall herb with channeled branches. Flowers are pinkish-red, about
1.8 cm long, shortly stalked. Flowers closely resemble
Persitrophe (Foldwing), but are different in the bracts. Flowers
are borne in clusters in leaf axils, upto 8 cm long. Bracts are linear,
2-3 mm long, velvety; bracteoles rudimentary or absent. Sepals are
linear, 4-6 mm long, hairy. Flower-tube is about 8 mm long, velvety,
upper lip about 9 mm long, shortly bilobed. Lower lip is about 8 mm
long, deeply 3-lobed hanging. Leaves are carried on 0.5-1 cm long,
hairy stalks. Leaves are ovate-lanceshaped, 4.5-11 cm long, 2-4.5 cm
broad, hairy on both side, margin entire, tip long-pointed, base
wedge-shaped. Capsule is oblong club-shaped, 1.2-1.3 cm long, velvety.
Foldwing Justicia is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Nepal, at
altitudes of 1500-2500 m.
Flowering: August-October.
| Identification credit: H.B. Naithani | Photographed on Govindghat-Ghangria route, Uttarakhand. |
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