| Clasping-Leaf Borage |
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| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1600s |
| Aperture | 2.7 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
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Botanical name: Trichodesma inaequale Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not family)
Synonyms: Trichodesma amplexicaule
Synonyms: Trichodesma amplexicaule
Clasping-Leaf Borage is an erect hairy herb with scattered hairs. Lower
leaves are oppositely arranged, stalkless. linear-oblong. Upper ones are
alternately arranged, heart-shaped, stem-clasping, broadly ovate, long
pointed. Flowers appear singly, laterally on branches or opposite the
leaves. Sepals are shortly and obtusely eared. Flowers are pale blue with
rounded petals which are flat, with a point at the tip. Flower throat is
hairy. Clasping-Leaf Borage found in Mumbai and neighbouring area.
This flowers is closely similar to Indian
Borage, but can be distinguished by two features - one, leaves are
stem-clasping, they are only half-clasping in Indian Borage; two, the
stamens do not protrude out, whereas in Indian Borage they protrude out.
| Identification credit: Satish Pardeshi | Photographed in Maharashtra & Joshpur, Rajasthan. |
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