| Three-Stamen Pollia |
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| File size | 456222 |
| Original date | 9/17/21 12:55 PM |
| Resolution | 9280 x 6944 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.695mm |
| Exposure time | 1/49s |
| Aperture | 1.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | realme |
| Camera model | realme X7 5G |
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Botanical name: Pollia secundiflora Family: Commelinaceae (Dayflower family)
Synonyms: Aclisia cumingiana, Aclisia elegans, Aclisia secundiflora
Synonyms: Aclisia cumingiana, Aclisia elegans, Aclisia secundiflora
Three-Stamen Pollia is an erect perennial herb, up to 20 cm tall with stem
up to 7 mm thick, sparsely white-velvety. Elliptic leaves are stalkless,
about 20 cm long, 5 cm broad, warty above, velvety below. Leaf sheath is
about 2.5 cm long, rather densely velvety. White flowers borne in a spike
longer than distal leaves, more than 20 cm. The spike is densely covered
with brown-yellow hooked hairs. Bracts are leaflike, nearly as large as
leaves, distal ones much smaller, to 5 mm. Sepals are ovate-round,
boat-shaped, about 3 mm, hairless, persistent. Petals are white, obovate,
shallowly boat-shaped, about 5 mm. Stamens are 6, with 3 fertile ones and
3 staminodes. Fruit is around, about 6 mm in diameter. Three-Stamen Pollia
is found in Eastern Himalayas, China and SE Asia.
Flowering: April-June.
| Identification credit: K. Karthigeyan | Photographed at Jampui Hills, Tripura & Leimaram, Manipur. |
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