| Two-Leaf Zornia |
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| File size | 120213 |
| Original date | 8/24/17 7:45 AM |
| Resolution | 960 x 720 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 100.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 10.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 7D |
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Botanical name: Zornia diphylla Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Hedysarum diphyllum, Zornia conjugata, Zornia zeylonensis
Synonyms: Hedysarum diphyllum, Zornia conjugata, Zornia zeylonensis
Two-Leaf Zornia is a slender herb, spreading from a
central woody root stock. Leaves are 2-foilolate, leaflets 0.8-1.5 x
0.15-0.2 cm, linear-lanceshaped, tapering at tip, hairless with
scattered black glands. Leaf-stalks are 6-8 mm long. Stipules are 4-6
mm, ovate-lanceshaped, glandular. Flowers are borne in racemes in
leaf-axils or at branch-ends, flower-cluster-stalks 2-5 cm long. Bracts
are geminate, leaf-like, 4-6 x 3-4 mm, ovate, glandular outside,
fringed with hairs on margins. Flowers are yellow, 6-8 mm across. Sepal
tube is about 1-2 mm long, sepals 5, unequal. Stamens 10, monadelphous;
alternating filaments long and short; anthers dimorphic. Style is
thread-like, 6 mm long. Two-Leaf Zornia is found in South India and Sri
Lanka. Flowering: November-January.
| Identification credit: P.S. Sivaprasad | Photographed in the outskirts of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. |
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