| Narrow-Leaved Milkwort |
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| File size | 135179 |
| Original date | 9/21/08 11:36 AM |
| Resolution | 728 x 546 |
| Flash | Flash fired, red-eye reduction |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL |
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Botanical name: Polygala elongata Family: Polygalaceae (Milkwort family)
Narrow-Leaved Milkwort is a small annual herb, growing up to 15-40 cm tall.
Fresh roots are aromatic. Branches are slender and hairless. Alternately
arranged leaves are stalkless, linear-oblong, 2-4 cm long, blunt-tipped
with narrow point at the tip. Yellow flowers arise in racemes, 6-20 cm
long, in leaf axils. Flowers are shaped somewhat like pea flowers. Capsule
is oblong, unequal sided. Flowering: August-September.
Identification credit: J. M. Garg
| Photographed in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. |