| Many Flowered Ammannia |
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| Original date | 10/10/09 11:50 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 200.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-G1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ammannia multiflora Family: Lythraceae (Crape Myrtle family)
Synonyms: Ammannia parviflora, Suffrenia dichotom
Synonyms: Ammannia parviflora, Suffrenia dichotom
Many Flowered Ammannia is an erect herb, 15-43 cm tall. Stem is usually
branched. Leaves are elliptic, lanceshaped or linear-lanceshaped, eared
at base, 3-40 mm log, 1-6 mm broad. Reddish-orange flowers are borne in
3-15 flowered clusters in leaf axils. Clusters are carried in 1-4 mm long
stalks. The cup carrying the sepals is 8-ribbed, ribs obscure in fruit.
Epicalyx folds are horn-like, minute or obscure. Sepals are 0.5 mm long,
usually turned backwards in fruit. Petals are minute, wedge-shaped, blunt.
Style is 1 mm long. Capsule is 1-1.5 mm in diameter.
Flowering: September-October.
Identification credit: Parjanya Guru
| Photographed at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra. |