| Awl Club-Rush |
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| File size | 606058 |
| Original date | 8/21/21 1:49 PM |
| Resolution | 4800 x 3200 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Schoenoplectus subulatus Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Synonyms: Scirpus pectinatus, Scirpus subulatus, Scirpus wardianus
Synonyms: Scirpus pectinatus, Scirpus subulatus, Scirpus wardianus
Awl Club-Rush is a tall, aquatic, grass-like perennial
herb, with stems round but trigonous below inflorescence, 60-150 cm
tall, 3-10 mm in diameter. Leaves are reduced. Flowers are borne in
umbel-like cluster, atop a tall stem. The umbel has branches 2-8 cm
long, smooth or scabrous, with 1-3 spikelets per branch; involucral
bract 2-10 cm long. Spikelets are oblong-ovoid, pointed, 8-15 mm long,
3-4 mm in diameter. Style is 2-fid. Nut is ellipsoid to obovoid,
unequally biconvex, about 2 mm long, 1.2-1.5 mm in diameter, smooth,
shining, grey-brown to dark brown. Awl Club-Rush is found in Africa to
India to Australia.
| Identification credit: Sushant More | Photographed in Ansure, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. |
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