| Deceptive Starviolet |
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| File size | 680296 |
| Original date | 10/11/24 8:22 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 22.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 1500D |
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Botanical name: Neanotis decipiens Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Anotis decipiens
Synonyms: Anotis decipiens
Deceptive Starviolet is a prostrate annual herb,
rooting at lower nodes, stems hairless. Leaves are ovate, tapering,
sparsely hairy; nerves 7-9 pairs; leaf-stalk 3 cm long, hairy. Flowers
are borne in cymes 3-5 cm across, at branch-ends; branches hairless,
slender. Flowers are 5-6 mm long, blue or pink, nearly stalkless;
sepals ovate, fringed with hairs; flower tube slender, shortly hairy
inside, petals ovate, hairy. Deceptive Starviolet is native to Western
Ghats.
| Identification credit: Saroj Kasaju | Photographed in Kolukkumalai, Munnar, Idukki, Kerala. |
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