| Sticky Blue Rod |
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| File size | 616523 |
| Original date | 1/13/08 8:40 AM |
| Resolution | 1280 x 960 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
| Sensor type |
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Botanical name: Stemodia viscosa Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Sticky Blue Rod is an aromatic perennial forb with purple or violet flowers
over most of the year. It is a branched forb, 10-60 cm high. Oppositely
arranged stalkless leaves, 1-4 cm long, are oblong, acute and heart-shaped at
the base. Flowers occur either singly in leaf axils or in racemes at the end
of branches. Flowers are violet, 8 mm long, two-lipped. Upper lip broad and
erect, lower lip 3-lobed, spreading. Flowering: December-January.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed at Pawna nagar, Maharashtra. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,