| Sticky Nightshade |
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| File size | 974692 |
| Original date | 12/3/08 1:47 PM |
| Resolution | 2592 x 1944 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 5.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 2.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A530 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Solanum sisymbriifolium Family: Solanaceae (Potato family)
Sticky Nightshade is a densely prickly perennial herb, native to South
America. It has naturalized in parts of India. Leaves are pinnately cut
into lobes. Leaves are up to 30 cm long, segments up to 10 cm long, on 10
cm long stalks. Leaves have thorns on the ris. Even the sepals are armed
with yellow prickles. The sepals grow to 1.5 cm long during fruiting
period. Star-like flowers are purplish or white, 1.6-3.5 cm across, with
ovate petals, 1 cm long, 4-8 mm wide. Filaments are about 1 mm, with
prominent yellow lance-shaped anthers, about 9 mm long. Fruit is a berry,
looking like a small tomato, red in color, and finally turning yellow, 1.2
cm in diameter.
| Identification credit: Sankara Rao | Photographed in Guwahati, Assam & Jharkhand. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,