| Winged-Stalk Flemingia |
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| Original date | 10/14/07 9:33 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 52.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1250s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S3 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Flemingia semialata Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Moghania semialata, Flemingia congesta var. semialata
Synonyms: Moghania semialata, Flemingia congesta var. semialata
Winged-Stalk Flemingia is an erect shrub, young branches densely hairy.
Leaves are trifoliolate, with 2.5-7.5 cm long, narrowly winged stalk.
Leaflets are up to 15.0 cm long, 5 cm broad, broadly lanceshaped,
long-pointed, minutely gland-dotted below, the lateral leaflets oblique.
Stalks of the leaflets are 5 mm long. Stipules are 1.2 cm long,
stem-clasping. Flowers are borne in often branched racemes, equal to or
longer than the leaf-stalk, at the end of branches on in leaf axils.
Bracts are ovate, falling off. Sepal cup is 6-6.5 mm long, densely silky,
teeth much longer than the tube. Flowers are purple, 6-6.5 mm long, shaped
like pea-flowers. Fruit is 1.2-1.3 cm long, velvety, 2-seeded.
Flowering: August-September.
| Identification credit: Dimple Bhati, J.M. Garg | Photographed in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh & Nelliyampathy, Kerala. |
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