| Hairy Toadflax |
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| File size | 616909 |
| Original date | 4/28/11 1:15 PM |
| Resolution | 3648 x 2736 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 3.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Nanorrhinum incanum Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Synonyms: Kickxia incana, Linaria incana
Synonyms: Kickxia incana, Linaria incana
Hairy Toadflax is a perennial herb with trailing stems and
yellow flowers. Whole plant, including the externally velvet-hairy surface
of the flower, are hairy, mostly hairy. Flowers are 7 mm long, with upper lip
purplish and palate purple-spotted, the spur deflexed, straight or only
slightly curved forward. Flower-stalks are usually about the length of the
sepals and capsule, occasionally longer. Leaves are ovate or arrow-shaped,
stalk very short. Hairy Toadflax is found in rocky places in the Himalayas,
at altitudes of 300-2000 m. Flowering: March-May, and also in the winter.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Sirmaur Distt., Himachal Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,