| Mexican Sword-Plant |
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| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 72.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/800s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Aquarius palifolius Family: Alismataceae (Water Plantain family)
Synonyms: Echinodorus palifolius, Sagittaria palaefolia
Synonyms: Echinodorus palifolius, Sagittaria palaefolia
Mexican sword plant is a very tall, delicate, aquatic
plant with very long thin
leaf-stalks and spear shaped leaf blades. It flowers if left to grow
through the surface and plantlets are formed on the flower stalks like the
other species of Echinodorus. Flowers are white, 3-petalled, and grow in
distant whorls on a rigid long stem. Mexican Sword-Plant is native to
Brazil and Mexico.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale, Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Jeejamata Udyan, Mumbai. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,