| Showy Scabious |
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| File size | 472893 |
| Original date | 8/1/11 5:44 PM |
| Resolution | 1436 x 1077 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 2.9 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY |
| Camera model | KODAK EASYSHARE C182 Digital Camera |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lomelosia speciosa Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Synonyms: Scabiosa speciosa
Synonyms: Scabiosa speciosa
Showy Scabious is a handsome perennial herb with
large mauve flower-heads 2-3 cm across, sometime up to 5 cm, with the
outer spreading florets much larger than the inner erect florets.
Involucral bracts are lanceshaped, densely hairy. Outer florets are
3-lobed, 2-3 cm. The inner florets are shorter. Leaves are broadly
lanceshaped to inverted-lanceshaped, toothed or entire, 3-7 cm long,
some with narrow lobes at the base. Stems are clustered, leafy at base,
30-50 cm. The fruit is crowned with the persistent papery limb, and
longer calyx-bristles. Showy Scabious is found in the Himalayas, from
Pakistan to Uttarakhand, at altitudes of 2400-3500. Flowering:
July-September.
| Identification credit: Suresh Rana | Photographed in Paddar Valley, Jammu & Kashmir. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,