| Prostrate Lepidagathis |
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| File size | 963221 |
| Original date | 3/6/20 4:33 AM |
| Resolution | 6000 x 4000 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 22.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lepidagathis prostrata Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Prostrate Lepidagathis is a rigid prostrate undershrub
with woody rootstock, with 4-angled stems 15-25 cm long. Stalkless
leaves, 2.5 × 0.8 cm, are plicate, rigid, oblong-lanceshaped with
pointed tip. Flowers are simple, erect, velvet-hairy spikes, 2-5 cm,
usually at branch-ends on short lateral rising up branches. Flowers are
pinkish about 2 cm long. Bracts are 1 cm long, spiny, nerved, glandular
hairy. Capsules are ovoid-lanceshaped, hairless, 2-seeded. Prostrate
Lepidagathis is commonly found on laterite rocks in Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: Sushant More | Photographed in Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra. |
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