| Trailing Bellflower |
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| File size | 640090 |
| Original date | 8/15/06 1:30 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/88s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
| Sensor type |
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Botanical name: Cyananthus lobatus Family: Campanulaceae (bellflower family)
Trailing Bellflower is a perennial herb with bright
blue-purple flowers with a prominent sepal tube covered with black hairs.
Flowers are up to 3 cm across, petals obovate, spreading, flowers hairy
in the throat. Sepal tube is 1.5-2 cm long, lobed to one-third. Leaves are
1-2.5 cm long, deeply lobed. The plant has several stems, 10-25 cm long.
Trailing Bellflower is found in the Himalayas, from Himachal Pradesh to
SW China, at altitudes of 3300-4500 m. Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,