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| Original date | 7/1/11 11:23 AM |
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| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Trifolium fragiferum Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Amoria fragifera, Trifolium neglectu, Trifolium bonannii
Synonyms: Amoria fragifera, Trifolium neglectu, Trifolium bonannii
Strawberry Clover is a prostrate creeping perennial
herb with stems up to 50 cm long, usually rooting from nodes. Leaves
are borne on long stalks. Each blade is made up of usually three
toothed oval leaflets up to 2-2.5 cm long. Stipules are to 1.5 cm long,
spear-shaped, membranous. Flowers pink to whitish, pea-shaped, borne in
dense head-like clusters atop leafless stems. The head of flowers is
around a cm long when first flowering. It increases in size to 2 cm as
the fruits develop, the sepals becoming thin and inflated, fuzzy and
pinkish in color, to resemble a strawberry or raspberry, hence the
common name. Strawberry Clover is found in Pakistan, Kashmir,
Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Ethiopia, N. Africa, Arabia,
Egypt, Caucasus and Europe. Flowering: May-August.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Iqbal Garden, Hazuribagh, Srinagar, Kashmir. |