| Rusty Desmodium |
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| File size | 344020 |
| Original date | 6/5/14 12:10 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1600s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G3 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Grona ferruginea Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Desmodium ferrugineum
Synonyms: Desmodium ferrugineum
Rusty Desmodium is a shrub with branchlets silky
hairy. Leaves are trifoliate, leaflets elliptic to obovate, 7-4 x 0.5-3
cm, base rounded, tip rounded, flat, mucronate, lower surface silky
hairy, lateral veins faint. Flowers are borne in racemes at branch
ends, about 7 cm long. Flowers are lilac, congested, bracts subulate,
stamens 9+1. Pods are about 3 cm long, sparsely pubescent. Rusty
Desmodium is found in Peninsular India and Sri Lanka.
| Identification credit: Krishnaraj, Kunhikannan | Photographed at Gudampara, Munnar, Kerala. |
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