| Wandering Dew-Grass |
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| File size | 86967 |
| Original date | 9/16/11 12:53 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 40.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/320s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Cyanotis vaga Family: Commelinaceae (Dayflower family)
Synonyms: Cyanotis barbata, Commelina hirsuta, Tonningia barbata
Synonyms: Cyanotis barbata, Commelina hirsuta, Tonningia barbata
Wandering Dew-Grass is a slender sparsely-branched
plant, with narrow-lanceshaped leaves often with long woolly hairs on
the sheaths. Flowers are small dark-blue, subtended by by long straight
or curved bracts. Flowers are about 1 cm across, in clusters in leaf
axils or at branch ends. Stamen filaments have long white or blue
hairs. Bracts are hairy with with enlarged rounded bases. Leaves are
3-7.5 cm long, variably hairy. Stem is usually 8-30 cm long, often
tufted and rooting at the nodes. Wandering Dew-Grass is found in the
Himalayas, from Pakistan to SW China and Burma, at altitudes of
800-2700 m. Flowering: July-September.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed on Mussoorie-Chakrata Road, Uttarakhand. |
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