| Two-Form Rattlepod |
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| File size | 62852 |
| Original date | 9/21/15 5:11 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 200.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 550D |
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Botanical name: Crotalaria bifaria Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Two-Form Rattlepod is a trailing branched herb, 2
ft long, with ovate to round leaves, rarely lanceshaped. Flower are
borne at branch-ends, of two foms - blue or yellowish. Bract are ovate
tapering; calyx 1.0-1.5 cm long, sepals linear-lanceshaped, anterior 3
cohering at tip, posterior two spreading. Flowers are longer than
calyx, standard yellow outside with purple striations; pod up to 2.5 cm
long, oblong, velvet-hairy, 10-15 seeded.Two-Form Rattlepod is found in
India and Sri Lanka. Flowering: October-December.
| Identification credit: Arun Singh | Photographed in Southern Bangalore. |
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