| Forest Asystasia |
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| Original date | 11/20/06 1:43 PM |
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| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
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| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-H1 |
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Botanical name: Asystasia nemorum Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Asystasia blumei, Isochoriste javanica
Synonyms: Asystasia blumei, Isochoriste javanica
Forest Asystasia is a perennial herb growing up to 1 m
tall. Leaf blades are ovate to lanceshaped, measuring 6-12 x 3-5 cm,
hairy on underside of leaf along the veins, hairless or hairy on upper
side of leaf along the veins, tip tapering, base narrowed, margin
wavy-crenulate. Flowers are borne in racemes at branch-ends or in
leaf-axils, measuring 5-9 cm. Bracts are triangular, hairy;
flower-stalks 1-2 mm; sepal-cup is 5-6 mm, with lanceshaped sepals.
Flowers are red to purple-red, , about 2.2 cm, outside hairy with
gland-tipped hairs. The flower-tube is long, and petals ovate 4-5 x
about 3.5 mm, unequal. Capsule is 1.8 -2.2 cm, seeds irregular obovate.
Forest Asystasia is native to S. China and Indo-China. cultivated and
naturalized in parts of South India. Flowering: August-October.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Alibag, Maharashtra & Trivananthapuram, Kerala. |
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