| False Jagged-Chickweed |
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| File size | 157468 |
| Original date | 6/14/14 9:27 AM |
| Resolution | 3264 x 2448 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-TZ10 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lepyrodiclis holosteoides Family: Caryophyllaceae (Carnation family)
Synonyms: Arenaria holosteoides, Gouffeia holosteoides
Synonyms: Arenaria holosteoides, Gouffeia holosteoides
False Jagged-Chickweed is an annual herb up to 40
cm tall. Stems are simple or branched, weak, sterile, prostrate to
rising up or somewhat erect, hairless to glandular-papillose. Leaves
are 1.5-70 cm long, lanceshaped to linear or inverted-lanceshaped,
usually the surfaces hairless, glandular, margin rough, tip pointed,
base stalkless. Bracts similar to leaves, but smaller: Flowers are
borne in spreading panicules. Calyx is bell-shaped, sepals 5-7 mm,
lanceshaped, pointed, glandular. Petals are white, about 2/3rd the
length of sepals, entire or notched at tip. Capsule is included in the
persistent calyx. Seed about 2 mm in diameter, shallowly channeled,
finely tuberculate. False Jagged-Chickweed is found in C Asia, W Asia,
Afghanistan, Himalayas from Kashmir to Nepal, W Tibet, Mongolia, NW
China, at altitudes of 1200-4100 m. Fl. Per.: April-July.
| Identification credit: Miroslav Dvorský | Photographed at Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh & Pangong Lake, Ladakh. |
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