| Mysore Asystasia |
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| File size | 473441 |
| Original date | 10/3/23 9:24 AM |
| Resolution | 2576 x 1160 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 2.13mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1402s |
| Aperture | 2.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | samsung |
| Camera model | SM-M515F |
| Sensor type | MonochromeArea |
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Botanical name: Asystasia mysorensis Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Ruellia mysurensis, Asystasia lawiana, Asystasia mysurensis
Synonyms: Ruellia mysurensis, Asystasia lawiana, Asystasia mysurensis
Mysore Asystasia is an erect herb, 1 m tall, with
quadrangular, 3-forked, knotted stem. Leaves are large, elliptic-oblong,
pointed, suddenly
narrowing into a 1 inch long leaf stalk. Leaves are roughish above, hairy
on the nerves beneath. Short flower spikes are borne at the top, singly.
Flowers are stalkless, white, shorter than bracts. Flowers are 2-lipped,
upper lip 4-lobed, and the lower one unlobed. Bracts and bracteoles are
lanceshaped, leaf-like, 3-nerved, hairy. Mysore Asystasia is naive to
Ethiopia to S. Africa, Yemen, India.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed at Parbhani & Chandan-Vandan Fort, Satara, Maharashtra. |
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