| Tiny Flower Hibiscus |
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| File size | 509131 |
| Original date | 2/19/23 1:13 PM |
| Resolution | 3648 x 2736 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1250s |
| Aperture | 3.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX A900 |
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Botanical name: Hibiscus micranthus Family: Malvaceae (mallow family)
Synonyms: Hibiscus rigidus, Hibiscus parvifolius
Synonyms: Hibiscus rigidus, Hibiscus parvifolius
This should be a Hibiscus with one of the smallest flowers. Tiny Flower Hibiscus
is a perennial with stems branched, stiff, erect, up to 40-100 cm.
Leaves with stalk up
to 1.2 cm, variable in size and shape, 0.5-2.5 x 0.5-3.5 cm, triangular or
oval with rounded base, with toothed edges and pointed tips. Flowers are white
or pink, 1-1.5 cm across, on stalks up to 3 cm, only open in direct sunlight.
Epicalyx segments are 6-8, 2-4 mm long, threadlike, stiff. Sepal cup is 5 mm
long, 5 lobed; sepals lanceshaped or triangular. Fruit is a
spherical capsule, 1 cm across. Seeds densely covered with white hairs.
Tiny Flower Hibiscus is native to Tropical Africa,
Arabia, India, Pakistan to Myanmar. Flowering: January-May.
| Identification credit: Navendu Page, Pradip Krishen | Photographed in Garden of Five Senses, Delhi. |
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