| Starry Leucas |
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| File size | 468266 |
| Original date | 10/19/07 2:36 PM |
| Resolution | 2816 x 2112 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ7 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Leucas stelligera Family: Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Starry Leucas is an erect branched herb, with hairy,
4-angular stem, found mostly in Western Peninsular India. The
hairs are erect and spreading. Oppositely arranged, elliptic-lanceolate,
leaves have serrated margins, and a sharp or blunt tip. The base of the
leaves tapers into the stalk, 1.2 cm long. Flowers occur in dense axillary
or terminal whorls; bracts 5 mm long, linear. Sepal tube 5-8 mm long,
pubescent; throat villous with erect hairs. Sepals are 2 mm long, spreading
like stars. Flower to 1.2 cm long; tube to 5 mm long, annular within; lips
nealy equal. Upper lips is woolly with long, white hairs; midlobe of lower
lip shortly divided into two. Flowering: November.
| Identification credit: Dinesh Valke | Photographed at Sajjangad, Satara, Maharashtra. |
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