| Ceylon Riverweed |
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| File size | 158536 |
| Original date | 2/25/14 12:05 PM |
| Resolution | 640 x 480 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.28mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-HX9V |
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Botanical name: Dalzellia ceylanica Family: Podostemaceae (Riverweed family)
Synonyms: Dalzellia lawii, Dalzellia foliosa, Dalzellia pedunculosa
Synonyms: Dalzellia lawii, Dalzellia foliosa, Dalzellia pedunculosa
Ceylon Riverweed is a small aquatic herb. Thallus
is nearly round at tip and notched. Leaves are scaly, numerous on edges
and top of thallus. Flowers are borne at branch-ends to the thallus,
solitary. Flower-cluster-stalk 0.4-0.6 cm long. Tepals are 3. Stamens
3. Ovary minute, 3-celled; ovules many. Capsule 0.1-0.2 cm long,
ellipsoid, 9-ribbed. Seeds minute, many. Ceylon Riverweed is found in
Western Ghats, aquatic, on rocks in running streams.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Sakleshpur, Karnataka. |
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