| Bicolor Alyce Clover |
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| File size | 36291 |
| Original date | 9/17/05 9:30 AM |
| Resolution | 512 x 384 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S2 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Alysicarpus pubescens Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Bicolor Alyce Clover is an erect or diffuse herb, 50-100 cm tall. Stem is
slender and weak, with trailing, hairy branches. Leaves are pale-green, hairy,
narrow, linear, 3-6 cm long, pointed, with a rounded base. Stalkless flowers
are borne in densely hairy erect spikes at the end of branches, 5-15 cm long.
Sepal linear-lanceshaped, spine-tipped. Beautiful flowers are 8 mm across,
with a yellow standard petal, red wings and dark-pink keel. Flowers open
in the morning. Flowers open in pairs, starting from the base of the spike.
Flowering: September.
| Identification credit: Rahul Prabhu Khanolkar | Photographed in Belgaum, Karnataka & Kasurdi, near Pune, Maharashtra. |
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