| Rush Bush-Clover |
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| File size | 89652 |
| Original date | 7/1/11 12:27 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 927 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Lespedeza juncea Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Rush Bush-Clover is an undershrub up to 1 m tall. Branches are densely
velvety. Leaves are trifoliate, carried on 4 mm long stalks. Leaflets are
7.5-20 mm long, obovate, with blunt or flat tip with a sharp point.
Leaflets are smooth above, densely silky below. Stipules are about 2.5 mm
long, linear. Inflorescence is 2-4-flowered stalked umbel, arising in leaf
axils. Stalk of the cluster is more than 5 mm long. Flower-stalk is 0-2.5
mm long. Sepal cup is about 2.5 mm long, velvety, teeth much longer than
the cup. Flowers are 5-7 mm long, pale yellow or pink. Fruit is 2.5-3.0 mm
long, silky. Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Srinagar, Kashmir & Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. |
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