| Ribbed-Stem Pipewort |
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| File size | 538532 |
| Original date | 6/3/08 9:23 PM |
| Resolution | 3264 x 2448 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.33mm |
| Exposure time | 1/40s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-T20 |
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Botanical name: Eriocaulon sexangulare Family: Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family)
Synonyms: Eriocaulon nitidum, Eriocaulon sinicum, Eriocaulon wallichianum
Synonyms: Eriocaulon nitidum, Eriocaulon sinicum, Eriocaulon wallichianum
Ribbed-Stem Pipewort is a slender clustered annual
herb up to 11 cm tall. Leaves are linear, 10-35 cm, 4-13 mm wide at
middle, veins 15-37. Flowering stems are 5-20 together, 20-60 cm tall,
4-6-ribbed; sheath 4-12 cm; receptacle hairless. Flower-heads are
nearly spherical, about 6.5 mm in diameter, glaucous, base flat;
involucral bracts straw-colored, obovate, 2.2-2.4 mm in diameter,
rigid, below white; floral bracts obovate to obovate-wedge-shaped,
2-2.5 mm, below hairy toward tip. Ribbed-Stem Pipewort is found in
ponds, rice fields, from near sea level to 800 m, from Madagascar,
Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Caroline Islands. Flowering:
August-March.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. |
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