| Creeping Dayflower |
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| File size | 516556 |
| Original date | 5/3/08 9:47 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Commelina diffusa Family: Commelinaceae (Dayflower family)
Synonyms: Commelina aquatica, Commelina gracilis, Commelina prostrata
Synonyms: Commelina aquatica, Commelina gracilis, Commelina prostrata
Creeping dayflower is a trailing or creeping herb.
Leaves are 2-6 x 0.8-2 cm, lanceshaped or oblong-lanceshaped, base
blunt, tip pointed or tapering; sheath 1-2 cm long, fringed with hairs.
Flower-cluster-stalks are 0.8-1.5 cm long, ovate-lanceshaped, base
subheart-shaped, complicate. Sepals about 3 mm long. Petals are blue,
about 4 mm long. Stamens and staminodes are naked. Capsules are up to 8
mm long, oblong, 3-celled, tip beaked. Seeds about 2 mm, tuberculate
and netveined. Creeping Dayflower is distributed in the pantropics.
Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Mayur Nandikar | Photographed in Imphal, Manipur. |
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