| Hairy Shrub-Mint |
|
 |
|
| File size | 310186 |
| Original date | 3/22/16 10:17 AM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 100.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 13.0 |
| Focus Distance | |
| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 7D |
| Sensor type |
 |
 ative |
 |
 |
 |
Photo: |
Botanical name: Pogostemon wightii Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Synonyms: Pogostemon hirsutus Wight, nom. illeg.
Synonyms: Pogostemon hirsutus Wight, nom. illeg.
Hairy Shrub-Mint is a subshrub with branches
4-angled, bristly. Leaves are 5-6 x 3-4 cm, ovate, pointed at tip,
rounded at base, densely bristly, irregularly rounded toothed; nerves 4
pairs. Flowers are borne in spikes 4-8 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad, at
branch-ends, continuous with stalked clusters of flowers, axis densely
hairy; bracts linear, fringed with hairs. Flowers are perpendicular to
the axis; calyx 4 mm long, sepals with bristles along margins. Flowers
are 5 mm long; middle lobe of upper lip narrower, hairy; filaments
bearded. Nutlets are biconvex to triangular, brown, smooth. Hairy
Shrub-Mint is endemic to Southern Western Ghats. Flowering: December-January.
| Identification credit: Dr. Jomy Augustine | Photographed in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,