| Hairy Smithia |
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| File size | 196512 |
| Original date | 9/24/06 7:14 AM |
| Resolution | 1453 x 998 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Smithia hirsuta Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Hairy Smithia is a slender, erect herb, 30-35 cm tall. The stem, either
unbranched or with a few ascending branches, is covered by yellowish,
glandular-based hairs. Leaves are pinnately compound, leaflets 2-4 pairs, each
6-10 x 2-5 mm, obovate or oblong, serrate, apex rounded, bristle-tipped.
Flowers yellow, in few-flowered, compact racemes at the end of branches.
The flowers have 5 free petals - "standard" petal with reddish marks on 2
sides. Flowering:September-October.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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