| Mysore Balsam |
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| File size | 340280 |
| Original date | 10/14/09 10:44 AM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A2000 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Impatiens mysorensis Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Synonyms: Balsamina mysorensis
Synonyms: Balsamina mysorensis
Mysore Balsam is as erect slender herb, 15-25 cm tall.
Stem sparsely minutely hairy below, densely minutely
hairy above. Leaves are alternate, lanceshaped, minutely toothed along
margins, about 8 cm long. Flowers are borne in leaf-axils, binate,
about 8 cm across, pink, lilac or white with reddish tinge.
Flower-stalks are shorter than leaves, thread-like, about 2 cm long.
Lateral sepals are minute. Lip is boat-shaped; spur shorter than lip,
straight. Standard is nearly round, swollen. Wings are bilobed; distal
lobes larger than basal ones. Capsules are ellipsoid, velvet-hairy,
about 1 cm long; seeds few. Mysore Balsam is endemic to Karnataka.
Flowering: August-October.
| Identification credit: Shrishail Kulloli | Photographed in Karnataka. |
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