| Dry Lepidagathis |
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| File size | 738925 |
| Original date | 11/21/15 11:40 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 19.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 3.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lepidagathis scariosa Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Lepidagathis terminalis
Synonyms: Lepidagathis terminalis
Dry Lepidagathis is a woody. velvet-hairy prostrate
herb. Leaves are up to 3.5 x 2 cm, ovate, elliptic, tip pointed, base
wedge-shaped, velvet-hairy; leaf-stalk 1-1.5 cm. Flowers are borne in
heads at branch-ends, 3 cm long, ovoid; bracts obovate, hairy;
bracteoles 7 mm, hairy, mucronate. Sepals are 5, upper 1 x 3 cm,
obovate, fringed with hairs, lower 8 x 2 mm, basally fused, spinescent,
the lateral 2, 6 x 1 mm, lanceshaped, fringed with hairs. Flower tube
is 1 cm hairy, petals 5 mm, white; filaments 5 mm, anthers 1.5 mm;
ovary 2 mm, oblong. Dry Lepidagathis is found in Peninsular India and
Arabia. Flowering: November-February.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu. |
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