| Dense-Flowered Smithia |
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| File size | 296477 |
| Original date | 10/11/15 11:37 AM |
| Resolution | 1400 x 1050 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 49.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 700D |
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Botanical name: Smithia pycnantha Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Dense-Flowered Smithia differs from other Smithia
species in having small flowers in dense heads. Plant is normally erect
as compared to most other Smithia species spreading on the ground. It
is a herb, 15-60 cm high, nearly erect; stem and branches bristly.
Leaves are pinnate; leaflets nearly stalkless, 1.0-1.5 x 0.3-0.6 cm,
linear, oblong-obovate, tip rounded, base wedge-shaped. Flowers are
yellow, borne in dense, spherical heads. Pods 5-9-jointed, joints
venose. Dense-Flowered Smithia is endemic to Maharashtra. Flowering:
August-October.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed in (Kamshet Region, Maharashtra. |
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