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| Original date | 2/3/20 9:26 PM |
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| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/80s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
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Botanical name: Isachne globosa Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Isachne javana, Panicum lepidotum, Isachne australis
Synonyms: Isachne javana, Panicum lepidotum, Isachne australis
Marsh Millet is a perennial grass, with stems 30-60 cm
long, trailing; nodes hairless. Leaves are 4-10 x 0.2-0.6 cm,
ovate-lanceshaped, hairless, base rounded, margin minutely toothed;
sheath hairless; ligule a cluster of hairs. Flowers are borne in
panicle 4-10 cm long, branches minutely toothed. Spikelets are 2-2.5 x
1.5-2 mm, spherical; glumes similar, 1.5-2 x 1 mm, broadly ovate. Marsh
Millet is native to Oman, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to W. Pacific, up
to an altitude of 1500 m. Flowering: All year.
| Identification credit: Manoj Chandran, Ashutosh Sharma | Photographed in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. |
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