| Summer Grass |
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| File size | 160958 |
| Original date | 9/13/09 8:22 AM |
| Resolution | 888 x 666 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL |
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Botanical name: Alloteropsis cimicina Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Coridochloa cimicina, Panicum cimicinum, Axonopus cimicinus
Synonyms: Coridochloa cimicina, Panicum cimicinum, Axonopus cimicinus
Summer Grass is an annual grass with tufted and slender stems, about 2 ft.
tall. Leaves are ovate-lanceshaped, broadly cordate at the base, pointed at
the tip. Inflorescence consisting of 3-10 spike like racemes seated on top
of stalk. Spikelets are solitary or clustered, ovate-elliptic bearing
whitish or mauve hairs along each margin. Awn small stout from the top of
spikelet.
Identification credit: Rani Bhagat
| Photographed in Keesaragutta, Andhra Pradesh. |