| Lax-Flowered Clematis |
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| File size | 322924 |
| Original date | 1/14/12 2:31 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Clematis wightiana Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonyms: Clematis laxiflora, Clematis grata O. Hoffm. ex Baker
Synonyms: Clematis laxiflora, Clematis grata O. Hoffm. ex Baker
Lax-Flowered Clematis is a woolly climbing shrub. Leaves
are 3-5 foliolate, leaflets 6 x 4 cm, ovate, tapering, densely woolly,
rounded toothed or lobed with spiny protuberance, base heart-shaped;
leaf-stalk up to 3 cm, twinning. Flowers are borne in panicles in
leaf-axils or at branch-ends, on flower-cluster-stalks up to 2.5 cm.
Petals (technically sepals) are 4, yellow-brown, 1.8 x 1.2 cm, ovate,
hairless inside; stamens numerous, filaments velvet-hairy below;
carpels many; stigma hairy. Seed-pods are borne in spherical heads,
velvet-hairy. Lax-Flowered Clematis is found in Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: J.M. Garg | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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