| Kerala Woolly Coneflower |
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| File size | 486640 |
| Original date | 12/29/24 3:20 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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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 gamblei Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Kerala Woolly Coneflower is an erect shrub, with
leaves ovate to elliptic, base decurrent, tip long tapering, margin
entire, leathery, veins 5-11 pairs, dense cream or yellow woolly below.
Flowers are borne in iterrupted non-sticky spikes. Bracts are
ovateĀelliptic, pointed to tapering, cream or tawny. Sepal-cup is 5-9.5
mm, tip pointed, cream or yellowish, lanceshaped. Flowers are pink,
tube 5-8 mm, throat 9.5-18 mm, petals broadly triangular. Kerala Woolly
Coneflower is found in Kerala.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Vagamon, Kerala. |
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