| Hairy Little Bell |
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| File size | 62286 |
| Original date | 9/18/10 8:46 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 17.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/239s |
| Aperture | 4.7 |
| Focus Distance | 0.0m |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L15 |
| Sensor type | Undefined |
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Botanical name: Ipomoea arachnosperma Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning glory family)
Synonyms: Ipomoea pilosa
Synonyms: Ipomoea pilosa
Hairy Little Bell is an annual creeper with stems prostrate or twining, up
to 2.3 m long, densely covered with white or yellow hairs. Leaves are
deeply 3-lobed, rarely entire, 5-13 cm long, 6-13 cm wide. Tip is pointed
or long-pointed, base is heart-shaped. Leaves are thin, green, but
bristly-hairy above, densely white-cottony beneath. Leaf stalk is 4-7 cm
long. Flowers arise several in lax or dense cymes which are carried on
1.5-7 cm long stalks. Bracts are 7 mm long and 2 mm wide. Sepals are
lanceshaped, 1.2-2.2 cm long, 2.5-3 mm wide, bristly or setose and
glandular. Flowers are pink or mauve, 1.2-2.0 cm long, velvety above.
Capsule is ovoid, 8 mm long, velvety above. Seeds are velvety-white
(rarely quite hairless) and black, ovoid, 4.5 mm long. Hairy Little Bell
is found in India and Africa.
Identification credit: Balkar Singh, Gurcharan SIngh
| Photographed in Haryana. |