| Persian Speedwell |
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| File size | 688631 |
| Original date | 2/28/06 8:38 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 9.9mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Veronica persica Family: Plantaginaceae (Isabgol family)
Persian speedwell is a small annual herb, prostrate and
spreading, with solitary blue in leaf-axils flowers, borne on long stalks
longer than the small subtending ovate leaves. Flowers are 8-12 mm across,
sky-blue with dark stripes and a white center. Sepals are ovate-lanceshaped
6-7 mm; filaments of stamens white, anthers blue. Leaves are alternate,
0.5-2 cm, broadly ovate, toothed, short-stalked, the lowest leaves opposite.
Stems are 10-60 cm. Capsule with two widely divergent lobes, strongly keeled
and with glandular hairs. Persian speedwell is native to Iran, but now a
worldwide weed. In India it is found in the Himalaya, Pakistan to C. Nepal,
at altitudes of 1500-2800 m. Flowering: March-April.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Mussoorie |
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