| Mint Leaved Leucas |
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| File size | 1440374 |
| Original date | 8/19/07 1:13 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Photo: Prashant Awale |
Botanical name: Leucas lamiifolia Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Mint Leaved Leucas is a densely hairy shrubby
herb, 2.5-3 m tall. Leaves are ovate-heartshaped, rufous hairy above,
velvety or hairy below. Leaf margins are sawtoothed-rounded toothed, tip
pointed, nerves impressed; stalk 1-3 cm long; bracts linear-lanceshaped,
equalling the calyx. Calyx 1-1.2 cm long; tube bell-shaped, straight,
throat hairy; sepals 2.5-3 mm long, unequal, erect. Flower tube to 8
mm long, annular; upper lip to 5 mm long with white hairs; lower to 8
mm long, 3-lobed; mid-lobe larger, notched. Stamens 4; lower filaments
longer; anthers 2-celled. Ovary 4-partite; style about 1.8 cm long;
stigma 2-lobed. Flowering: January.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed at Malshej Ghat, Maharashtra. |
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