| Large Spur-Anther Flower |
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| File size | 294285 |
| Original date | 9/24/16 12:09 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 95.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1000s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Centranthera grandiflora Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)
Synonyms: Centranthera maxima, Razumovia grandiflora
Synonyms: Centranthera maxima, Razumovia grandiflora
Large Spur-Anther Flower is a herb, 50-80 cm tall.
Stems stout, erect, round or somewhat 4-angled, hairy, apically
channeled, simple or apically sparsely branched. Leaves are opposite
below, rarely apically alternate, stalkless, elliptic, 2-5 X 1-2.6 cm,
margin somewhat curled, sparsely sawtoothed, 3-5-toothed or -lobed,
with pustulose or circular scalelike-based setae, below with 3
longitudinal, coarsely bulging, and subparallel veins. Flower-stalks
are 4-6 mm, bristlyulous. Bracteoles inserted at base of flower-stalk,
subulate, 4-5 mm, bristlyulous. Calyx ovate, 1.4-2 X about 1 cm,
bristlyulous, tip constricted into a point about 2 mm, slightly bowed.
Flowers are yellow, 3.5-4.3 cm. Large Spur-Anther Flower is found in
trailsides, open fields, at altitudes of 800 m, in China Bhutan, India,
Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, Vietnam. Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Amber Srivastava | Photographed at Pynursula, Meghalaya. |
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