| Smooth Chaff Flower |
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| File size | 78395 |
| Original date | 7/7/09 11:47 PM |
| Resolution | 552 x 414 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 200.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Alternanthera paronychioides Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family)
Smooth Chaff Flower is a perennial herb with white papery flowers. Stems
are densely hairy. Leaf blade is inverted-lance shaped or spatula shaped,
1.5-2 cm long and 0.3-0.5 cm wide, tip obtuse to rounded. Stalkless
flower-heads are ovoid to spherical, often hairy at base. Tepals are white, ovate-oblong, tip acute to ending suddenly in a sharp point.
Stamens are 5, with yellow anthers. Staminodes are 3- or 4-toothed, about
1/2 as long as stamens. Stigma capitate. Smooth Chaff Flower is native to the American continent.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Delhi & Hyderabad. |