| Stalked Persian Violet |
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| File size | 337813 |
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| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/50s |
| 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: Exacum pedunculatum Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Stalked Persian Violet is a small annual herb, 7-30 cm tall, with four
angled stem. Oppositely arranged leaves are stalkless, lanceshaped, 3-5 cm
long, 2-5 nerved, with tapering base. Flowers are borne in branched cymes.
The stalks carrying the cymes and the flowers are long and rigid. Flowers
are blue or yellow, with 4 lanceshaped pointed petals. Sepals are 4,
winged. Stamens are 4, with short filaments. Capsules are round, 4 mm,
shining brown. Flowering: August-September.
| Identification credit: Prashant Awale | Photographed in Satara & Kharghar, Maharashtra. |
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