| Deccan Golden Beardgrass |
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| File size | 196985 |
| Original date | 10/20/08 3:50 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 7.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/98s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E5200 |
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Botanical name: Chrysopogon hackelii Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Andropogon hackelii
Synonyms: Andropogon hackelii
Deccan Golden Beardgrass is a robust perennial grass
with stems 80-150 cm high, nodes hairless. It was named in honor of
Eduard Hackel (1850-1926) Bohemian born Austrian botanist. Leaves are
15-40 x 0.4-1 cm, linear-lanceshaped, hairless; sheath strongly keeled;
ligule a cluster of hairs. Flower-panicles are 10-20 cm long,
pyramidal. Stalkless spikelets are 5 x 1.5 mm, lanceshaped. Lower glume
5 x 1.5 mm, hairless, aristate, arista 5 mm long; upper glume 5 mm
long, linear-oblong; first lemma 3 x 1 mm, hyaline, fringed with hairs
along margins; second lemma oblong; awn 20 mm long; anther 2.5 mm long.
Stalked spikelets are 4-5 mm long, pointed, awnless. Deccan Golden
Beardgrass is native to Peninsular India. Flowering: October-January.
| Identification credit: Manoj Chandran | Photographed on Kochi-Munnar road, Kerala. |
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