| Prostrate Purslane |
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| Original date | 8/6/14 10:36 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
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| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot SX110 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Corbichonia decumbens Family: Molluginaceae (Carpetweed family)
Synonyms: Portulaca decumbens, Glinus mucronatus, Orygia decumbens
Synonyms: Portulaca decumbens, Glinus mucronatus, Orygia decumbens
Prostrate Purslane is an erect or, more often,
prostrate herb up to 45 cm tall. Roots and stem bases are somewhat
woody. Stems are up to 1 m long, internodes with ridges decurrent from
leaf-bases. Leaf-stalks are winged, up to 1.1 cm long. Leaves are
obovate, up to 6.5 x 3.3 cm, base wedge-shaped, tip apiculate,
glaucous. Flowers are borne in lax, few- to many-flowered cymes,
somewhat raceme-like, bracts lanceshaped, up to 3 mm long.
Flower-stalks are 2-3 mm long. Sepals are about 4 mm long in fruit,
ovate with broad white margins. Staminodes, which look like petals, are
pink, mauve or purple, eventually longer than sepals, prominent.
Capsule are nearly spherical, yellow-green, shiny. Seeds with
concentric lines of tubercles. Prostrate Purslane is found in rocky and
sandy places Africa, W. Asia, India and W. Pakistan. Flowering:
October-January.
| Identification credit: M. Saradha | Photographed in Tamilnadu. |
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