| Creeping Sebastiana |
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| File size | 436083 |
| Original date | 8/17/08 2:17 PM |
| Resolution | 1600 x 1200 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 2.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A530 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Microstachys chamaelea Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Tragia chamaelea, Sebastiana chamaelea
Synonyms: Tragia chamaelea, Sebastiana chamaelea
Creeping Sebastiana is an annual herb, 20-60 cm tall. Alternately arranged
leaves are thick-papery, linear or linear-lanceshaped, 2-5.5 cm long, 2 -
10 mm wide, tip blunt, margins densely toothed, usually with glands.
Midrib is prominent on both surfaces. Leaf-stalks are short, about 2 mm
long. Flowers appear in 5-12 mm long spikes, laterally or at the end of
branches. Male flowers are numerous, spirally arranged at upper part of
inflorescence axis, female ones 1 or several inserted at lower part of
inflorescence axis. Capsules are triangular-spherical, 3-4 mm in diameter.
Flowering: March-November.
Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé
| Photographed at IISc Campus, Bangalore & Hyderabad. |