| Himalayan Mint Shrub |
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| Original date | 8/14/06 9:19 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
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| Focal length | 5.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/149s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Colquhounia coccinea Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Himalayan Mint Shrub is an evergreen soft-wooded shrub from the Himalayas,
growing up to 3 m tall.
It has long, thick clusters of red tubular flowers, striped orange
within, at the tips of the stems in late summer. Flowers are orange-red
to scarlet, 2-2.5 cm long, sparsely star-shaped hairy; tube 1.7-2.3 cm,
curved outward, mouth dilated; upper lip ovate, slightly 2-lobed,
slightly galeate; lower lip spreading, lobes ovate. Sepal-cup is about 6
mm, star-shaped hairy, inprominently 10-veined; teeth straight, broadly
triangular, about 1 mm.
The large, soft, tapering leaves are rough-textured,
in opposite pairs and about 8-15 cm long, sometimes white woolly on the
underside. Himalayan Mint Shrub is found in the
Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to SE Asia, at altitudes of 1200-3000 m.
Flowering: August-November.
| Identification credit: Sadokpam Ranjita | Photographed in Govindghat-Ghangria route & Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. |
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