| Mountain Rattlepod |
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| File size | 375314 |
| Original date | 12/3/07 5:16 PM |
| Resolution | 2107 x 1581 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 72.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S3 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Crotalaria albida Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Crotalaria diffusa, Crotalaria montana
Synonyms: Crotalaria diffusa, Crotalaria montana
Mountain Rattlepod is a spreading herb with
branches radiating from a perennial stout root stock. Leaves are up to
1.5 x 0.5 cm, inverted-lanceshaped, blunt, hairy below. Flowers are
borne in racemes u[ to 6 cm long, at branch-ends; bracts and bracteoles
minute. Flowers are 1 cm long, yellow; calyx 9 mm long; sepals unequal;
standard 8 mm across, round, hairy on back; wings 8 x 3 mm, rugose;
keel hairless. Pods are 9 x 3 mm, obovate, hairless; seeds few.
Mountain Rattlepod is found in Indo-Malesia. Flowering:
December-January.
| Identification credit: Dimple Bhati, S. Kasim | Photographed in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh & Vellore distt, Tamil Nadhu. |
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