| Little Blue Swampweed |
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| File size | 326830 |
| Original date | 11/26/17 3:42 AM |
| Resolution | 3648 x 5472 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 70D |
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Botanical name: Hygrophila heinei Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Hygrophila helodes, Hygrophila pseudopolysperma, Ruellia uliginosa
Synonyms: Hygrophila helodes, Hygrophila pseudopolysperma, Ruellia uliginosa
Little Blue Swampweed is a herb found in shallow water, in
swamps and rice fields and also reported from sugarcane fields. Leaves
are ovate-oblong blunt. Flowers are borne in spikes covered with
overlapping bracts. Flowers are blue, two lipped. Lower lip is minutely
toothed, upper one is entire, rounded. Little Blue Swampweed is native to
India, Bangladesh and Srlanka. Flowering: March-May.
| Identification credit: Kottaimuthu, R. | Photographed in Narthamalai, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. |
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