| Raceme Alyce Clover |
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| File size | 245163 |
| Original date | 9/13/14 11:56 AM |
| Resolution | 0 x 0 |
| Flash | Flash fired, return detected |
| Focal length | 60.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 14.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Alysicarpus racemosus Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Desmodiastrum racemosum, Desmodium rotundifolium, Desmodium ritchiei
Synonyms: Desmodiastrum racemosum, Desmodium rotundifolium, Desmodium ritchiei
Raceme Alyce Clover is an erect annual herb with stem
sparsely hairy. Leaves are alternate, lower 1-foliolate, upper ones
3-foliolate. Leaflets are 4.3 x 1.3 cm, obovate or elliptic, blunt,
base rounded or slightly heart-shaped, entire, hairless. Leaf-stalks
are slightly winged. Flower racemes are covered with hooked hairs.
Flowers are small, purple coloured. carried on slender stalks. Calyx is
covered with brown hairs. Petals are purple. Pod are 3-4 jointed,
slightly protruding, hairless. Raceme Alyce Clover is found in Andhra
Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil
Nadu. Flowering: November-December.
| Identification credit: Robi Jose | Photographed at Chikamagalur-Kemmangudi Road, Karnataka. |
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