| Lesser Hop Trefoil |
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| File size | 360936 |
| Original date | 6/30/08 10:13 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.6mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 3.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Trifolium dubium Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Trifolium minus, Trifolium filiforme, Trifolium luteolum
Synonyms: Trifolium minus, Trifolium filiforme, Trifolium luteolum
Lesser Hop Trefoil is an annual herb, with stems erect
to decumbent, 10-30 cm. Flowers arise 5-15, in compact heads in
leaf-axils, carried on flower-cluster-stalks 0.5-3 cm. Flowers are pale
yellow, aging to brown, 3-4 mm; standard narrowly boat-shaped, smooth,
tip pointed. Sepal-cup is about 2 mm, veins 5. Flower-stalks are less
than 1 mm, after flowering drooping. Leaves are trifoliate; stipules
obliquely ovate, 4-8 mm, base rounded, margins finely toothed, tip
pointed. Leaf-stalks are shorter than or equal to leaflets; end
leaflet-stalk longer than lateral leaf-stalks. Leaflets are obovate,
5-10 x 3-8 mm, veins 6-8 pairs, base wedge-shaped, margins entire
proximally, obscurely minutely toothed distally, tip rounded or
notched. Pods are oblong, 1.5-2 mm, shortly beaked; stipe about 1 mm.
Lesser Hop Trefoil is native to Europe and neighboring parts of Asia
and Africa. It is naturalized in India, including the Himalaya.
Flowering: April-September.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Mcleodganj, Himachal Pradesh. |
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