| Celandine Spider Flower |
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| File size | 109235 |
| Original date | 7/5/09 9:30 AM |
| Resolution | 588 x 441 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 500.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL |
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Botanical name: Corynandra chelidonii Family: Cleomaceae (Spider Flower family)
Synonyms: Corynandra pulchella, Cleome chelidonii, Cleome schraderi
Synonyms: Corynandra pulchella, Cleome chelidonii, Cleome schraderi
Celandine Spider frower is an annual herb, growing up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are 1-
or 3-foliate at the top and 5- or 7-foliate at the base. Leaflets are
obovate, middle one 2-3 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide, lateral ones 0.8-1 cm
long. Flowers have 4 rose colored petals, and big mass of over 100 stamens
in the center. Capsule is hairless. The seeds are used by the natives as a
mustard in their curries, on account of their pungency.
Flowering: January-March.
| Identification credit: J.M. Garg | Photographed around Pocharam Lake, Medak district, Andhra Pradesh. |
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