| Yellow Hibiscus |
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| File size | 103031 |
| Original date | 11/8/08 9:15 AM |
| Resolution | 756 x 567 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 500.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL |
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Botanical name: Hibiscus panduriformis Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Yellow Hibiscus is a shrub-like perennial herb,
growing up to 2.5 m tall, with a woody base and hairs on the stems. Leaves
are ovate or almost round in
outline, shallowly 3-5-lobed, hairy on both surfaces. Leaf stalks are long
and hairy, margins are irregularly toothed. Flowers arise singly in leaf
axils, yellow with a dark centre, turning apricot-orange with age. Petals
are softly hairy on the outside. There is an epicalyx of 8-10 bracts,
which are linear-spoon-shaped, joined near the the base. Sepals are
triangular, velvety, 3-veined, joined about halfway. Capsule are nearly
spherical, about 1.5 cm in diameter. Seeds are 3 × 2 mm, crescent to
kidney-shaped, densely velvety.
Identification credit: J. M. Garg
| Photographed in Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh. |