| Twining Bonnet Bellflower |
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| File size | 666426 |
| Original date | 9/5/11 11:16 AM |
| Resolution | 2000 x 1500 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L120 |
| Sensor type |
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Botanical name: Codonopsis convolvulacea Family: Campanulaceae (Bell flower family)
Twining Bonnet Bellflower is a perennial herb,
usually found climbing on small shrubs and tall herbaceous plants.
Flowers are blue, sometimes with a reddish ring in the center, 4-5 cm
across. They are broadly bell-shaped with large narrow-ovate pointed
spreading petals. There are 5 triangular pointed sepals. Leaves are
ovate to broadly lanceshaped, entire or shallowly toothed, stalked.
Capsule is top-shaped. Twining Bonnet Bellflower is found in the
Himalayas, from W Nepal to W China, at altitudes of 2400-3600 m.
Flowering: August-September.
| Identification credit: Jaya Upadhyay | Photographed in Tawang Distt, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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