| Darnel Ryegrass |
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| File size | 105429 |
| Original date | 6/22/10 9:49 PM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| 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: Lolium temulentum Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Darnel Ryegrass is an annual gras with stems 1-4 ft high, tufted or
solitary, erect or geniculate at the base, slender to moderately stout.
Leaf-blades are 6-25 cm long, 3-12 mm wide, flat, with short spreading
ears at the base. Flower-spikes are erect, 5-40 cm long, rigid, the
spikelets their own length or more apart. Spikelets are 8-28 mm long,
2-10-flowered; upper glume 7-30 mm long, 0.75-1.5 times the length of the
spikelet, 7-9-nerved, obtuse; lemmas elliptic to ovate, 4.6-8.5 mm long,
smooth, obtuse, very turgid at maturity, awnless or with an awn up to 23
mm long. Flowering: April-August.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed on Shankeracharya hill, Kashmir. |