| Sticky Coneflower |
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| File size | 467889 |
| Original date | 2/27/06 4:16 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/35s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Strobilanthes glutinosa Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Ruellia glutinosa, Pseudaechmanthera glutinosa, Strobilanthes glutinosus
Synonyms: Ruellia glutinosa, Pseudaechmanthera glutinosa, Strobilanthes glutinosus
Sticky Coneflower is a perennial herb with 2-5 ft
tall, viscous-hairy, rounded stem. Leaves are stalked, hairy on both
sides, egg-shaped, about 5-8 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, with toothed
margin. Flowers are pale blue, forming short spikes. Bracts are
leaf-like, egg-shaped, persistent. Sepals are 5, glandular-hairy,
8-13 x 1 mm, oblong, blunt; one sepal 1-2 mm longer than the others.
Flowers are about 3.5-5 cm long - tube is cylindric in
the lower half, widened in the upper part. Limb is more than an inch
across. Stamens are 4, hairless. Style-tip is linear, bent back.
Capsule 1.5-1.8 cm long, oblong, viscous-hairy. Seeds are 4, 3-4 mm
long, egg-shaped, shaggy. Sticky Coneflower is found in the Western
Himalayas, from Kashmir to Nepal, at altitudes of 1000-2000 m.
Flowering: February-March.
| Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand & Sirmaur distt, Himachal Pradesh. |
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