| Three-Teeth Beardgrass |
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| File size | 274777 |
| Original date | 10/25/15 11:24 AM |
| Resolution | 2816 x 3784 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 21.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1000s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Average |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | X-S1 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Lophopogon tridentatus Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Andropogon tridentatus, Lophopogon duthiei, Saccharum tridentatum
Synonyms: Andropogon tridentatus, Lophopogon duthiei, Saccharum tridentatum
Three-Teeth Beardgrass is an annual, or perennial;
short-lived grass, with butt sheaths hairless, or hairy. Stems are 8-45
cm long. Stem-nodes hairless, or velvet-hairy. Ligule is fringed with
hairs. Leaf-blades are flat, or conduplicate, or involute; 5-12 cm
long; 1-2 mm wide. Inflorescence composed of racemes; protruding, or
embraced at base by subtending leaf. Racemes are 2; paired; appressed
back to back; oblong; 2 cm long. Rhachis is fragile at the nodes;
flattened. Spikelets arise in pairs. Fertile spikelets stalkless and
stalked; 2 in the cluster. Basal sterile spikelets are well-developed;
3-5 in number (lower raceme); 3-5 in upper raceme; paired with a
fertile stalked spikelet; nearly stalkless; male; wedge-shaped; 7 mm
long; larger than fertile. Three-Teeth Beardgrass is native to India.
| Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Rayalseema, Andhra Pradesh. |
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