| Double Paired Smithia |
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| File size | 300670 |
| Original date | 8/26/10 11:34 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Photo: Dinesh Valke |
Botanical name: Smithia bigemina Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Damapana bigemina, Smithia agharkarii
Synonyms: Damapana bigemina, Smithia agharkarii
Double Paired Smithia is an annual herb, 15-30 cm tall, with bristly
branches. Leaves are strange, with two pairs of almost stalkless leaflets,
9-12 mm long, 4.5-9 mm broad. The species name bigemina precisely means double paired. Leaflets are obovate, serrated, tip blunt and
bristle-pointed, base rounded or subacute. Inflorescence is a 2-8-flowered
peduncled axillary cyme. Sepal cup is bristly, 2-lipped; lower lip 3-lobed,
upper slightly notched. Petals are yellow with bluish striations, 0.5-0.6 cm;
wing petals with transverse folds.
Pods are 6-8 jointed, joints reticulate.
Flowering: September-December.
| Identification credit: Dinesh Valke | Photographed at Kas plateau, Satara, Maharashtra. |
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