| Himalayan Green Funnel |
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| Original date | 9/15/11 1:27 PM |
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| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/800s |
| Aperture | 2.7 |
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| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
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Botanical name: Physochlaina praealta Family: Solanaceae (Potato family)
Synonyms: Physochlaina grandiflora, Scopolia praealta
Synonyms: Physochlaina grandiflora, Scopolia praealta
Himalayan Green Funnel is a herb 1 m or more tall,
branched, velvety. Leaves are 7-11 x 5-9.5 cm, ovate, ovate-oblong,
velvet-hairy, midrib prominent on the underside. Leaf-stalk is about as
long as the leaf blade or shorter. Flowers are borne in lax, velvety
corymbs. Flower-stalks are 0.8-2 cm long, up to 3.5 cm in fruit. Sepal
cup is 0.9-1.1 cm long, tubular-bellshaped, glandular-hairy, up to 2.7
cm in fruit, chartaceous and nervose. Sepals are 3.5-5 mm long,
triangualr, ovate. Flowers are 2-3 cm long, funnel-shaped,
yellow-green, petals obtuse-wavy, with greenish-brown veins. Stamens
protrude out, with anthers 3 mm long. Style is longer than the stamens,
slender, hairless. Capsule is broadly tubular, 7-9.5 mm long. Seeds
2.5-3 mm long, kidney-shaped, brownish-yellow. Himalayan Green Funnel is
found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Nepal, S. Tibet, at altitudes
of 3500-4600 m. Flowering: June-July.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed near Tso Moriri, Ladakh. |
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