| Scaly-Stem Chlorophytum |
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| File size | 266054 |
| Original date | 8/25/10 8:11 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 45.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Chlorophytum glaucum Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Synonyms: Anthericum nimmonii, Hartwegia nimmonii
Synonyms: Anthericum nimmonii, Hartwegia nimmonii
Scaly-Stem Chlorophytum is a perennial herb, found in Western Ghats. Root
fibres are cylindric. Leaves are 6-8, membranous, 1-1.5 ft long, 1-2
inches wide, narrowly inverted-lanceshaped, pointed, hairless, glaucous,
with a short broad stalk. Flowering stem is 1-2 ft long, upright, covered
with many lanceshaped sheaths. White flowers are borne in dense racemes
0.5-1 ft long, 1 inch broad. Persistent bracts form a coma at the top,
before flowering. Bracts are lanceshaped, long-pointed, lower 1.8-2.5 cm
long, upper ones 6-8 mm long. Flower stalks are 6-13 mm, upward pointing,
jointed at or above the middle. Tepals are less than 1.3 cm long, and 3 mm
broad, linear-lanceshaped, blunt-tipped, 5-nerved. Stamens are 8 mm long,
anthers 4 mm long. Style is 8 mm long with minute stigma. Capsules are
round, notched, with 3 pointed wings.
| Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar | Photographed at Pasarani Ghat near Panchagani, Maharashtra. |
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