| Dense-Flowered Dew-Grass |
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| File size | 185943 |
| Original date | 9/21/13 8:22 AM |
| Resolution | 1000 x 750 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Cyanotis pilosa Family: Commelinaceae (Dayflower family)
Synonyms: Cyanotis wightii, Tradescantia pilosa
Synonyms: Cyanotis wightii, Tradescantia pilosa
Dense-Flowered Dew-Grass is quite similar to
Ascending Dew-Grass, but has
relatively many more flowers in the inflorescence. Flower cymes are
borne at branch ends and in leaf axils, 3-5 in a cluster, peduncle
1.5-1 cm, hairy. Bracts are up to 2 cm, lanceshaped, bracteoles up to 1
x 5 cm, lanceshaped, ciliate along the margin. Flowers are 1 cm across,
sepals hairy, petals purple, ovate-circular; filaments hairy, style 1
cm. Capsule to 3 mm, pyramidal. Stem is prostrate. Leaves 5-8 x 1-2 cm,
linear-lanceshaped or elliptic, tip long-pointed, base narrow, hairless
above, velvety below, sheath up to 1 cm, hairy. Dense-Flowered Dew-Grass is
found in Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Flowering: November-December.
| Identification credit: Mayur Nandikar | Photographed in Harishchandragad, Maharashtra. |
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