| Spreading Rays Balsam |
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| Original date | 6/24/13 7:12 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 108.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Impatiens radiata Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Synonyms: Impatiens centiflora
Synonyms: Impatiens centiflora
Spreading Rays Balsam is a tall annual herb, which
is quite hairless and much branched. Leaves are long-stalked,
elliptic-ovate or lanceshaped, long-pointed, toothed. Flowers are borne
in clusters which arise towards the end of the branches. Clusters
consists of several spreading rays of flower-stalks arranged in whorls.
Flowers are pale purple to yellowish white, 1.2-1.6 cm deep, small.
Lateral sepals are ovate-lanceolate, minute. Lower sepal is navicular,
6-7 mm, 1-1.1 cm deep (including spur), gradually narrowed into an
erect spur. Upper petal is hoodlike, nearly circular, lateral united
petals 1-1.4 cm, 2-lobed; basal lobes broadly ovate to nearly circular,
2-3 × 2-3 mm, small. Distal lobes are oblong, 0.8-1.1 cm, apically
2-lobed, apex itself obtuse. Anthers obtuse. Capsule is linear.
Spreading Rays Balsam is found in the Himalayas, from Nepal to Bhutan,
and NE India, at altitudes of 2100-3500 m.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed on the Bomdilla-Tawang route, Arunachal Pradesh. |