| Two-Shaped Dewflower |
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| File size | 569949 |
| Original date | 8/9/15 10:53 AM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Murdannia dimorpha Family: Commelinaceae (Dayflower family)
Synonyms: Aneilema dimorphum, Aneilema paniculatum, Phaeneilema dimorphum
Synonyms: Aneilema dimorphum, Aneilema paniculatum, Phaeneilema dimorphum
Two-Shaped Dewflower is an erect annual herb, with
stems up to 30 cm tall, velvet-hairy. Leaves are up to 8 x 0.7 cm,
lanceshaped, pointed at tip, heart-shaped at base, glandular below,
thinly velvet-hairy above; sheath open, minutely hairy, pink. Flowers
are borne in panicled cymes, at branch-ends; flower-cluster-stalk 5-8
cm long. Flowers are 8-9 mm across; flower-stalk 7 mm long, slender;
sepals 3 mm long, ovate, pointed; petals 4 x 3 mm, obovate, hairless;
stamens 3, filaments bearded; staminodes 3-lobed, filaments naked.
Capsule 6 x 3 mm, oblong, hairless; seeds cubical, pitted. Two-Shaped
Dewflower is found in Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Flowering:
July-September.
| Identification credit: Mayur Nandikar | Photographed in Udupi, Karnataka. |
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