| Afro-Asian Horse-Purslane |
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| File size | 106417 |
| Original date | 8/15/14 2:28 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 26.9mm |
| Exposure time | 1/4000s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
| Focus Distance | 0.0m |
| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | FinePix HS35EXR |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Trianthema triquetra Family: Aizoaceae (Ice plant family)
Synonyms: Trianthema glaucifolia, Trianthema sedifolia, Trianthema nigricans
Synonyms: Trianthema glaucifolia, Trianthema sedifolia, Trianthema nigricans
Afro-Asian Horse-Purslane is an annual herb with roots
often long and slender. Stem is diffuse, prostrate, papillose. Leaves
are 0.4-1.2 cm long, 1.5-3.5 mm broad, elliptic-ovate to
inverted-lanceshaped, leaf base sheathing, membranous. Flowers are
solitary or 2-3, stalkless; bract about 2 mm long, ovate, tapering;
bracteoles 2, less than 1 mm long. Calyx tube is bell-shaped,
persistent; sepals 9 mm long, ovate. Stamens are 5, alternating with
the sepals, filaments less than 1 mm long. Ovary about 1.2 mm long,
top-shaped; style 1, persistent. Afro-Asian Horse-Purslane is found in
Africa, Arabia, Pakistan and India.
Flowering: July-November.
| Identification credit: Nidhan Singh | Photographed in Panipat, Haryana. |
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