| Purple-Spike Lace Plant |
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| File size | 101602 |
| Original date | 7/9/11 5:31 PM |
| Resolution | 972 x 729 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 3.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Aponogeton bruggenii Family: Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family)
Purple-Spike Lace Plant is a small aquatic herb, 10-30
cm tall. Tubers are 1-3 cm, round, crowned with fibrous roots. Leaves
are 3-7 cm long, oblong-ovate, heart-shaped, pointed, with 7-9 nerves.
Flowers are borne in dense purple spikes, 6-7 cm long long, which ride
on 10-20 cm long stalks. Fruits are 6 mm, beaked, smooth.
Purple-Spike Lace Plant is found in Western Ghats.
Flowering: August.
| Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar | Photographed at Nerur Par, Kudal, Maharashtra. |
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