| Lanceleaf Alyce Clover |
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| Original date | 9/15/13 10:55 AM |
| Resolution | 4592 x 3448 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1300s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G3 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Alysicarpus bupleurifolius Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Hedysarum gramineum, Hedysarum bupleurifolium
Synonyms: Hedysarum gramineum, Hedysarum bupleurifolium
Lanceleaf Alyce Clover is an erect perennial herb with
stem 25-120 cm tall, hairless or nearly so. Leaves are 1-foliolate;
leaf-stalk about 2 mm or leaves nearly stalkless; blade linear to
linear-lanceshaped, 4-7 x 0.4-0.5 cm, below sparsely velvet-hairy on
midvein, above hairless, base rounded or wedge-shaped, tip pointed.
Flower are red or yellowish to yellowish green, about 5 mm, borne in
racemes at branch-ends, 3-18 cm, 20-40-flowered, two at each node;
internodes 8-10 mm. Flower-stalks are nearly stalkless. Calyx is 6-8
mm, longer than first article of legume; sepals lanceshaped, about
twice as long as tube. Pod is brown at maturity, 0.6-1.5 cm x about 1.8
mm, higher than calyx, 3-6-jointed, constricted between articles,
hairless. Lanceleaf Alyce Clover is found in Western Ghats, NE India,
Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, Jawa, Lesser Sunda
Is., Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka,
Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Himalayas. Flowering:
September-October.
| Identification credit: Dinesh Valke | Photographed in Ken Gharial Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh. |
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