| Stocks Balsam |
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| File size | 255465 |
| Original date | 8/2/15 12:25 PM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 13.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Impatiens stocksii Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Stocks Balsam is a slender herb, up to 15 cm tall.
It is named for John E. Stocks (1822-1854), British botanist collecting
in Asia. Leaves arise from root, variable, round-kidney-shaped,
heart-shaped or oblong-ovate, rounded toothed at margin, 1.5-4.8 x
1.3-1.5 cm, velvet-hairy above, hairless beneath; nerves flabellate.
Flowering stems are up to 10 cm long; bracts ovate, small;
flower-stalks stout, about 1 cm long. Flowers are 3-6 in racemes, about
1.5-2 cm across, white with two yellow spots at the base. Lateral sepals ovate, blunt. Lip boat-shaped; spur
short or absent. Standard petals is somewhat rhomboid, cucullate,
rounded toothed as broad as long or broader. Wings 3-lobed; distal lobe
longer. Capsules are ellipsoid, pointed; seeds linear-oblong, minute.
Stocks Balsam is endemic to Southern Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: Bhaskar V. | Photographed in Chikamagalur, Karnataka. |
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