| Redshank |
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| File size | 88194 |
| Original date | 6/17/10 7:52 PM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 70.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Persicaria maculosa Family: Polygonaceae (Knotweed family)
Synonyms: Polygonum persicaria
Synonyms: Polygonum persicaria
Redshank is an erect annual herb, 20-100 cm tall, rooting at the nodes.
Stem are brownish-reddish brown, hairless. Leaves are 1-14 cm long,
0.25-3.5 cm wide, narrowly lanceshaped-elliptic, long-pointed, entire,
nearly stalkless, often with a large dark blotch near the middle. Bright
pink flowers are borne in many-flowered, stalked racemes, 2-3 cm long,
stalks 1-2 cm long. Flowers are small, 1.5-2 mm across, bright pink.
Tepals are 5, dark pink-red, unequal, obovate, blunt-tipped. Stamens are
6, filaments long, unequal. Ovary ovoid, rounded, with 2 styles, styles
free above, fused below. Redshank is found in Temp. Eurasia, N. Africa, and
the Himalayas, at altitudes of 1200-4000 m. Flowering: June-October.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed from Kashmir. |
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