| Knotweed Leaved Milkwort |
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| File size | 125017 |
| Original date | 7/31/10 1:06 PM |
| Resolution | 1400 x 1050 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Polygala persicariifolia Family: Polygalaceae (Milkwort family)
Knotweed Leaved Milkwort is an annual herb, growing to 20 cm tall. Leaves
are elliptic-oblong to linear-lanceshaped, 1.5-4 cm long and 2-6 mm wide.
Flowers are born in racemes 3-6 cm long. Flowers are rose-pink, 3 mm
across. The flowers have 5 sepals, which persist till the fruiting stage.
Outer sepals are 3, smaller. The two inner ones are nearly circular,
larger, petal-likem about 6 mm in diameter. Petals are 3, joined together
in the lower half. Lateral petals are obliquely rhombic, inside hairy at
basie. Keel cucullate, ciliate, apex with 2 bundles of linear appendages.
Capsule is oblong or orbicular, about 5 mm, narrowly winged.
Flowering: July-September.
Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé & Prashant Awale
| Photographed in Maharashtra. |