| Pale Kurinji |
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| File size | 537338 |
| Original date | 10/14/15 2:33 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Strobilanthes wightiana Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Nilgirianthus wightianus (Nees) Bremek.
Synonyms: Nilgirianthus wightianus (Nees) Bremek.
Pale Kurinji is a shrubs with branches hairy.
Leaves are 7 x 4 cm, ovate, tapering, sawtoothed, densely hairy; nerves
4 pairs; leaf-stalk 2-3 cm long. Flowers are borne in obconical spikes
1.5 x 2.5 cm; flower-cluster-stalk 2-6 cm long; involucral bracts 2-4,
leafy, 1-3 x 1.5 cm; floral bracts densely hairy at base; bracteoles
linear. Flowers are few; sepals 1 cm long, hairy, united below the
middle; flower 2 cm long, pale blue, tube 5 mm long, hairy inside.
Capsule is 9 x 3 mm, hairless; seeds 3 x 3 mm, round, hairless, oblique
at base. Pale Kurinji is endemic to Southern Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. |
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