| Three Nerved Squirrel Tail |
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| File size | 220197 |
| Original date | 9/28/08 12:09 PM |
| Resolution | 960 x 720 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 82.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/400s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Nicoteba trinervia Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Justicia trinervia, Ecbolium trinervium, Adhatoda trinervia
Synonyms: Justicia trinervia, Ecbolium trinervium, Adhatoda trinervia
Three Nerved Squirrel Tail is a small, prostrate herb, with ascending
branches. Leaves are 2x1 cm, upper stalkless, elliptic or ovate, tip obtuse.
Flowers are dull white with blue tinge, in 10 cm long, spikes at the end of
branches. Bracts are lancelike, leafy, white, with prominent green nerves.
Sepal cup is 5 mm long, velvety. Flowers 1 cm long, petals unequal, lower
tailed. Capsule is 1.2 cm long, nearly spherical, velvety. Seeds usually 4,
densely clothed with tubercles. Flowering: January-June.
| Identification credit: Dinesh Valke | Photographed in Kas plateau, Maharashtra. |
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