| Pendulous Sleeping Hibiscus |
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| File size | 127962 |
| Original date | 12/11/06 1:03 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 7.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/30s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-V1 |
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Botanical name: Malvaviscus penduliflorus Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Pendulous Sleeping Hibiscus is a shrubs, up to 2 m
tall. Branchlets are hairy (hairs recurved) to hairless. Stipules are
threadlike, about 4 mm, falling off. Leaf-stalks are 1-2 cm, hairy.
Leaves are lanceshaped to narrowly ovate, 6-12 × 2.5-6 cm, both
surfaces nearly hairless or hairy, basal veins 3, base broadly
wedge-shaped to nearly rounded, margin toothed. Flowers occur singly,
hanging from leaf axils, on 1.5 cm long stalks. Flowers are red,
tubular, about 5 cm long. False sepals are about 8, spoon-shaped, 1-1.5
cm, margins ciliate. Sepal cup is slightly longer than epicalyx,
hirsute. Stamen column is about 7 cm, protruding out of the flower.
This flower is often confused with
Sleeping Hibiscus.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in cultivation in Delhi. |
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