| Free-Flowering Rotala |
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| File size | 185081 |
| Original date | 2/6/19 1:03 AM |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 13.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Rotala floribunda Family: Lythraceae (Crape Myrtle family)
Synonyms: Ameletia floribunda, Nimmoia floribunda, Ammannia floribunda
Synonyms: Ameletia floribunda, Nimmoia floribunda, Ammannia floribunda
Free-Flowering Rotala is an annual erect herb, shortly
creeping at the base. Stems are often branched, 20-25 cm. Lower leaves
are 2.5-5 cm, broad-oblong, blunt, stalkless, base broad. Upper leaves
are 6-12 mm, linear or narrow-oblong. Flowers are stalkless, borne in
close-packed spikes on threadlike flower-cluster-stalks. Floral-leaf is
one for each flower, oblong or lanceshaped, bracteoles are lanceshaped,
more than half the length of the calyx. Sepal-tube is bell-shaped,
elongate, teeth 4, pointed. Petals are 4, obovate, nearly twice the
calyx teeth, bright rose in color. Capsule is ellipsoid, much longer
than broad. Free-Flowering Rotala is endemic to Mahabaleshwar hills in
Maharashtra.
| Identification credit: Sushant More | Photographed at Kates point, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra. |
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