| Ceylon Staurogyne |
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| File size | 307195 |
| Original date | 2/18/12 12:19 PM |
| Resolution | 2300 x 1726 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Staurogyne zeylanica Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Ebermaiera zeylanica, Erythracanthus elongatus
Synonyms: Ebermaiera zeylanica, Erythracanthus elongatus
Ceylon Staurogyne is a plant with short erect stem
and trailing velvet-hairy branches. Leaves are elliptic, 3 inches long,
1 inch wide, somewhat blunt, narrowed at the base. Leaf-stalk is 1-1.5
cm. Flowers are borne in 1-2 inches long, dense cylindric spikes.
Bracts are obovate, slightly longer than the flowers. Flowers are 6-8
mm long, pinkish white. Four sepals are linear, rather shorter than the
bracts, and the fifth one is rather broader, linear somewhat pointed.
Ceylon Staurogyne is found in peninsular India. Flowering:
January-April.
Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar
| Photographed along Chorla Ghat near Choraundem, Goa. |