| Broadleaf Flowering Rush |
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| File size | 335530 |
| Original date | 1/1/20 12:54 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 4.36mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1052s |
| Aperture | 1.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | HMD Global |
| Camera model | Nokia 8.1 |
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Botanical name: Butomopsis latifolia Family: Alismataceae (Water Plantain family)
Synonyms: Butomus lanceolatus, Tenagocharis alismoides, Butomopsis lanceolata
Synonyms: Butomus lanceolatus, Tenagocharis alismoides, Butomopsis lanceolata
Broadleaf Flowering Rush is a water-loving herb found
in swamps and paddy fields. Leaves arise from the base, on leaf-stalks
5-20 cm long. Leaf blade is narrow-elliptic to lanceshaped, 5-15 x 1-5
cm, with three to seven veins, the tip is pointed and the base is
narrowed. The flowering stems are 10-30 cm, umbels are 3-15 flowers,
bracts are about 1.3 cm in size. Flower-stalks are 2-14 cm, sepals
broadly elliptic, margins membranous, 5 x 3 mm, tip slightly flat or
rounded. Petals are 6 x 4 mm. Filaments are 1.5-3 mm and anthers 1-1.5
mm. Carpels are 5.5 mm in size. Follicles are 1-1.2 cm, seeds brown,
about 0.5 mm. Broadleaf Flowering Rush is native to Tropical Africa to
N. Botswana, Tropical Asia to N. Australia. Flowering: May-September.
| Identification credit: Manoranjan Paramanik, Bubai Bera | Photographed in Lagda, Purulia, West Bengal. |
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