| Indian Bur Grass |
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| File size | 155116 |
| Original date | 9/13/09 8:36 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 500.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| 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: Tragus mongolorum Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Tragus roxburghii
Synonyms: Tragus roxburghii
Indian Bur Grass is a radiately spreading annual herb. Stems are 3-20 cm
long, rising up from a prostrate base, rooting at the nodes, often matted.
Leaves are narrow, 0.5-5 cm long, 1-4 mm wide. Inflorescence is 1-4 cm
long, cylindrical, often loosely so. Flower clusters are straight or
slightly gaping at the tip, consisting of 2 subequal and subopposite
spikelets. Spikelets are 2.5-4 mm long; upper glume 5-nerved, the prickles
terete in their lower half and hooked at the tip.
Flowering: All year.
| Identification credit: Anil Kumar | Photographed in Keesaragutta, Andhra Pradesh. |
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