| Woolly Red Balsam |
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| File size | 595736 |
| Original date | 7/10/09 10:13 PM |
| Resolution | 2736 x 3648 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 38.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.9 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A2000 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Impatiens munronii Family: Balsaminaceae (Balsam family)
Woolly Red Balsam is an endershrub, up to 2 ft tall,
softly hairy; stems branched, woody, almost woolly. Flowers are borne
singly in leaf-axils, white or red; flower-stalks 1.5-3 cm long,
slender, hairy. Lateral sepals are ovate, as large as wings, hairy. Lip
with spur trumpet-shaped, about 1.5 cm long, incurved,hairy. Standard
is round, keeled on dorsal side, hairy. Wings are short, bipartite to
middle. Leaves are alternate, clustered towards ends of branches,
elliptic, tapering, minutely toothed, 3-8 x 1.5-3 cm, membranous, hairy
on both sides, glandular along margins; leaf-stalks 1.5-5 cm long,
hairy. Capsules hairy; seeds hairless. Woolly Red Balsam is endemic to
Southern Western Ghats, found generally at altitudes of 1500-2000 m in
Tamil Nadu. Flowering: November-January.
| Identification credit: Shrishail Kulloli | Photographed in Kerala. |
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