| Two-Stamen Coneflower |
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| File size | 711650 |
| Original date | 5/27/16 1:30 PM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 14.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Strobilanthes wightii Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Stenosiphonium diandrum, Stenosiphonium wightii
Synonyms: Stenosiphonium diandrum, Stenosiphonium wightii
Two-Stamen Coneflower is a shrub with leaves 4-7 x
2-3.5 cm, ovate, tapering at tip, broadly narrowed to heart-shaped at
base, densely lineolate on upper side. Lower leaves are stalked, upper
ones stalkless. Bracts are 1-2 x 0.4-0.6 cm, ovate. Bracteoles 0.6-1 cm
long, linear, subulate, glandular hairy. Sepals are similar to
bracteoles. Flower are pink, tube 1-1.2 cm long, lower portion narrow,
upper part bell-shaped. Ovules 3-4 in each cell. Two-Stamen Coneflower
is endemic to Southern Western Ghats. Flowering: December-March.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |
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