| Stalkless Canscora |
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| File size | 343442 |
| Original date | 12/27/18 8:10 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Canscora heteroclita Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Synonyms: Canscora sessiliflora, Gentiana heteroclita, Exacum heteroclitum
Synonyms: Canscora sessiliflora, Gentiana heteroclita, Exacum heteroclitum
Stalkless Canscora is an annual erect herb, up to 1
foot tall, stem 4-winged. Leaves are broadly ovate, 0.7-1.5 x 0.6-1 cm,
base rounded to obtuse, apex acutely apiculate, upper ones
linear-lanceolate. Flowers are stalkless, rose colored in the forks in
dichasial cymes, becoming monochasial. Flower-tube is up to 8 mm long;
lobes of upper lip slightly spreading, broadly obovoid, 3 mm long;
lobes of lower lip obovate, up to 4 mm long. Bracts
linear-lanceshaped, to 1.5 mm long. Calyx tube to 7 mm long, striped,
in mature flowers split above to a little above base; lobes
linear-lanceshaped, to 1.5 mm long, long-tapering. Capsule is
oblong-compressed, brownish. Stalkless Canscora is found in Peninsular
India and Sri Lanka. Flowering: September-December.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu. |
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