| Pink Node Flower |
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| File size | 302035 |
| Original date | 10/21/09 7:18 AM |
| Resolution | 1000 x 750 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Caesulia axillaris Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Meyera orientalis
Synonyms: Meyera orientalis
Pink Node Flower is an erect annual herb, 15-50 cm tall. Stem is stout,
pink, succulent, swollen at nodes. Alternately arranged stalkless leaves
4-15 cm long, lanceshaped, pointed, distantly toothed, narrow at base.
Stalkless flowers-heads, 1-2 cm across, are borne in leaf axils. Flowers
are white, tubular with 5 linear petals. Pink Node Flower is found in moist
places on the Coromandel Coast, common in rice fields. It is also found in
the Himalayas, at altitudes of 150-1500 m. Flowering: All year.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed in Gorewada, Nagpur & Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary, Thane distt., Maharashtra. |
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