| Double-Row Lovegrass |
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| File size | 184178 |
| Original date | 9/26/14 8:14 AM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Eragrostiella bifaria Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Poa bifaria, Poa coromandeliana, Eragrostis bifaria
Synonyms: Poa bifaria, Poa coromandeliana, Eragrostis bifaria
Double-Row Lovegrass is a densely clustered
perennial grass with stems 30-80 cm high, nodes hairless. Leaves are
many, 15-30 x 0.2-0.5 cm, linear, mostly basal, sheath rounded,
hairless, ligule a narrow membrane. Flowers are borne in solitary
raceme, 20-30 cm long. Spikelets are 20 x 2-3 mm, linear-oblong,
arranged in two rows, glumes nearly equal, ovate, pointed, 1-nerved,
upper larger; florets 20-40, all bisexual; lemmas 2 x 2 mm, broadly
ovate, 3-nerved; palea 2 x 1 mm, obovate, 2-keeled, hyaline; stamens 3,
anthers 1 mm long; ovary elliptic, styles 2, free; stigmas plumose.
| Identification credit: Anil Kumar | Photographed at Tharalu Estate, Karnataka. |
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