| Small Flowered Coneflower |
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| File size | 133643 |
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| Resolution | 556 x 417 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 3.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Strobilanthes micranthus Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Small Flowered Coneflower is a shrubby or herbacious plant. Stems are
4-angled and hairless. Leaves are long-stalked, broad ovate, toothed,
abruptly long pointed, narrowing at the base into the stalk. Leaves are
somewhat rough above, net-veined and sparingly velvety on the underside.
Flower-spikes, arising in leaf axils, are drooping. Flowers are funnel-
shaped, white in color, unlike the usual blue in Strobilanthes species.
Bracts are ovate, lanceshaped, pointed, the lower ones leaf-like, velvety,
those above membranous. Bracteoles are linear-lanceshaped, longer than the
sepal cup. Small Flowered Coneflower is found on the Nilgiri Hills.
Identification credit: Santhosh Kumar
| Photographed in Munnar, Kerala. |