| Rough Spider Flower |
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| File size | 114543 |
| Original date | 9/8/14 9:17 AM |
| Resolution | 640 x 480 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 2.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 2.4 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DCR-SR47E |
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Botanical name: Cleome aspera Family: Cleomaceae (Spider Flower family)
Synonyms: Cleome prostrata
Synonyms: Cleome prostrata
Rough Spider Flower is an annual herb, branching
from the base, spiny. Leaves are trifoliate at base, simple towards
top, terminal leaflets up to 2 cm, gland dotted. Leaflets are
inverted-lanceshaped, flat at base. Leaf-stalks are 0.5 cm long. Yellow
flowers are borne in racemes. Sepals are 4, 1 mm, linear, petals 4, 3
mm long, yellow. Capsule is 3 cm long, linear, hairless, ridges
prominent. Rough Spider Flower is found in Indo-Malesia - in India it
is confined to Peninsular India.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Vellore, Tamilnadu. |
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