| Bracted Alyce Clover |
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| File size | 86618 |
| Original date | 10/10/14 11:15 AM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 13.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Alysicarpus glumaceus Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Hedysarum glumaceum, Hedysarum violaceum
Synonyms: Hedysarum glumaceum, Hedysarum violaceum
Bracted Alyce Clover is an erect herb, sparsely
frilly hairy. Leaves are 2.5-7.5 x 1-1.5 cm, oblong-elliptic, tip
pointed, mucronate, base heart-shaped, erect pilose below. Leaf stalks
up to 1 cm, stipules 2, 1.1 cm, blade elliptic, long-pointed,
membranous. Flowers are borne in axillary and terminal racemes 6-7 cm,
congested, carriedon stalks 3 mm. Bracts are 7 x 4 mm, ovate, calyx
deeply 4-lobed, upper 2 cleft, tube 2 mm, lobes 4.5 and 5.5 mm,
standard petal 4.5 x 2.5 mm, wing 4 x 0.5 mm, keels 4 mm. Stamen sheath
is 4 mm. Pod is usually 1-3 jointed, to 6 mm, transversally rugose,
apex with triangular cap; fruiting calyx 1.1 x 0.2 cm. Bracted Alyce
Clover is found in Paleotropics, and South India. Flowering:
September-December.
| Identification credit: Anurag Sharma | Photographed at Nandi Hills, Karnataka. |
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