| Oriental Milkwort |
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| File size | 116758 |
| Original date | 9/17/11 6:51 AM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.1mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-ZS3 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Polygala tatarinowii Family: Polygalaceae (Milkwort family)
Synonyms: Salomonia martinii, Semeiocardium hamiltonii
Synonyms: Salomonia martinii, Semeiocardium hamiltonii
Oriental Milkwort is an annual, hairless, erect
herb, 2.5-8 cm tall. Stem is very slender, vertically ribbed. Leaves
are roundish or spoon-shaped, mucronate, 7-40 mm long, 4-20 mm broad,
stalk 3-10 mm, sparsely hairy above, ciliate. Flowers are borne in
racemes at branch ends, dense, 7-52 mm, peduncle 3-15 mm long,
subtended by 2-3 leaves. Flowers are 3 mm long. Bracts deciduous.
Sepals deciduous, rugose; outer sepals equal, inner sepals
orbicular-spathulate, 3-nerved, veinlets not anastomosing. Lateral
petals are longer than keel; keel 2 mm long, split at the apex, rugose.
Capsule discoid, emarginate, 2-2.75 mm long, 2-3 mm broad, rugose,
glabrous. Oriental Milkwort is found in China and Himalayas, at
altitudes of
1300-3000 m. Flowering: August-September.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Chakrata, Uttarakhand. |