| Roundleaf Bellflower |
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| File size | 661981 |
| Original date | 8/15/06 1:23 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/138s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Codonopsis rotundifolia Family: Campanulaceae (Bell flower family)
Synonyms: Codonopsis lurida
Synonyms: Codonopsis lurida
Roundleaf Bellflower is a perennial vine with stems
hairless and angled. Flowers are wide-bell shaped, greenish white,
veined with purple, with short lobes, 2-3 x 1.5-2 cm. Sepals are
elliptic to lanceshaped, leaf-like, margin toothed, hairy, about 2 cm
long, pointed to blunt. Flowers are borne in leaf axils or at branch
ends. Flower-stalks are up to 6 cm, hairless to hairy. Leaves are
stalks and alternately arranged. Leaf-stalks are up to 3 cm, hairless
to sparsely hairy, oval to broadly ovate with rounded bases, some
slightly heart-shaped. Leaf blade is 5 x 7 cm, margin toothed, tip
blunt to pointed. Capsule hemispherical. Seeds c. 2 mm long, ellipsoid,
minutely reticulate. Roundleaf Bellflower is found in the Himalayas,
from Pakistan to C. Nepal, at altitudes of 1800-3600 m. Flowering:
July-August. | Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand. |
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