| Scaly Dayflower |
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| File size | 62607 |
| Original date | 8/18/07 10:57 AM |
| Resolution | 2592 x 1944 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 14.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/46s |
| Aperture | 4.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L3 |
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Botanical name: Commelina paleata Family: Commelinaceae (Dayflower family)
Synonyms: Trithyrocarpus oligospatha, Trithyrocarpus paleatus
Synonyms: Trithyrocarpus oligospatha, Trithyrocarpus paleatus
Scaly Dayflower is a herb with shoots rather stout,
bases often with persistent dry leaves. Leaves are lanceshaped, 8 x 1
cm, base wedge-shaped, tip tapering. Spathe is ovate-tapering, 3.5 x
1.8 cm, clearly stalked. Sepals are 3, odd one lanceshaped, 4 mm;
laterals obovate, 6 mm, laterally fused. Petals are 3, odd one
lanceshaped, 5 mm; laterals rounded, 5 mm; claw 3 mm. Stamens 3;
filaments 8 mm; staminodes 3, each 4 mm. Ovary is oblong, hairy; style
twisted, 8 mm. Capsule is oblong, 6 x 4 mm, constricted in the middle
and pointed at tip; seeds 2.8 mm. Scaly Dayflower is found in
Peninsular India and Indonesia. Flowering: March-September.
| Identification credit: Mayur Nandikar | Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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