| Cutleaf Medick |
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| File size | 39198 |
| Original date | 6/20/10 3:50 AM |
| Resolution | 784 x 588 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 70.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Medicago laciniata Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Cutleaf Medick is a spreading annual herb with
hairless stem. Leaf-stalks are 1.2-2.5 cm long, carrying trifoliate
leaves. Leaflets are 6-12 mm long, 2-5 mm broad, obovate-cuneate or
cuneate-oblong, truncate or retuse, usually velvety on lower side only,
toothed; stipules laciniate. Inflorescence is a 1-2-flowered peduncled
raceme, peduncle longer than the petiole. Pedicel c. 2 mm long. Calyx
3-4 mm long, teeth as long as the tube. Flowers are 4-5 mm long,
yellow. Fruit spherical or ovoid with 5-7 coils, 8-10-seeded; hooked
spines in 2 rows on the thickened suture. Cutleaf Medick is found in
Pakistan, India, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Kenya, Somali Republic,
Socotra, Southern Europe.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed at Avantipore monuments, Kashmir. |