| Tropical Beach Grass |
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| Original date | 3/29/14 7:58 AM |
| Resolution | 832 x 624 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 4.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Thuarea involuta Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Thuarea latifolia, Thuarea media, Thuarea sarmentosa
Synonyms: Thuarea latifolia, Thuarea media, Thuarea sarmentosa
Tropical Beach Grass is perennial grass found in
coastal areas, with stems prostrate, 2.5-25 cm. Leaf-sheaths are hairy.
Ligule is a fringe of hairs, 0.5-1 mm long. Leaf-blades are
lanceshaped, 1.5-7 cm long, 3-10 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface is
indumented. Inflorescence is a solid a raceme. Racemes 1, erect,
lanceshaped,, 1-3 cm long, bearing 1 fertile spikelets on each.
Spikelets are velvet-hairy, staminate spikelets oblong-lanceolate, 3-4
mm, fertile spikelet ovate-lanceshaped, 3.5-4.5 mm. Tropical Beach
Grass is found in coastal areas of South India, Srilanka, SE Asia and
Africa.
Flowering: April-December.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale, Manoj Chandran
| Photographed at Thinnakara Island, Lakshadweep. |