| Purple Viper's Bugloss |
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| File size | 70150 |
| Original date | 6/17/10 2:43 AM |
| Resolution | 620 x 465 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 70.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Echium plantagineum Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Synonyms: Echium orientale, Echium lycopsis, Echium violaceum
Synonyms: Echium orientale, Echium lycopsis, Echium violaceum
Purple Viper's Bugloss is a plant native to western
and southern Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia. It is a
winter annual plant growing to 20-60 cm tall, with rough, hairy,
lanceolate leaves up to 14 cm long. Leaves oval to lanceolate, basal
leaves, in a rosette, up to 20 cm long, with a short stalk, stem leaves
reducing in size towards flowers.The flowers are purple, 1.5-2 cm long,
with all the stamens protruding, and borne on a branched spike. It is
distinguished by leaves with spreading hairs having an enlarged base,
and flowers in caterpillar-like curved spikes; funnel-shaped flowers.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Kashmir. |