| Five-Angled Justicia |
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| File size | 176707 |
| Original date | 9/23/18 4:08 PM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 7.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Justicia quinqueangularis Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Rostellularia quinqueangularis
Synonyms: Rostellularia quinqueangularis
Five-Angled Justicia is a prostrate herb, rooting at
nodes, branches slender, 4-angled. Leaves are opposite, 1.5-3 x 0.2-0.4
cm, rough, linear-oblong or linear-lanceshaped, pointed at tip,
wedge-shaped at base; leaf-stalk to 3 mm long. Flowers are pink borne
in spikes up to 7 cm long, at branch-ends. Bracts are 4 mm long,
linear, blunt, margins scarious; bracteoles similar to bracts but
narrow. Calyx is deeply 4-partite, linear, blunt, margin scarious.
Flowers are 8 mm long, hairless; upper lip 4 mm long, 2-fid; lower lip
5 mm long and broad, nearly round, minutely 3-lobed. Capsules are 8 mm
long, oblong, pointedly pointed at tip, hairless. Five-Angled Justicia
is found throughout India. Flowering: August-December.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in JNU Campus, Delhi. |
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