| Whorled-Leaf Corn-Cockle |
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| File size | 197169 |
| Original date | 6/5/16 10:51 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ40 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Argostemma verticillatum Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Argostemma acutum, Argostemma glaberrimum
Synonyms: Argostemma acutum, Argostemma glaberrimum
Whorled-Leaf Corn-Cockle is a small herb with leaves in
whorls of 3 or 4, mostly confined to the top of the stem. Leaves are up
to 5 x 1 cm, linear-lanceshaped, almost stalkless, membranous,
hairless. Lateral nerves are indistinct, stipules interpetiolar, entire
or absent. Flowers are 5-merous, 1.2 cm across, in terminal few
flowered umbels, peduncles slender, shorter than the leaves. Calyx is
hairless, sepals ovate-pointed. Flowers are white, petals
ovate-long-pointed. Staminal filaments are short, anthers fused,
splitting by apical pores. Ovules are many on projected placenta, style
threadlike, stigma headlike. Whorled-Leaf Corn-Cockle is found in South
India, Himalayas at altitudes of 1600-2100 m, NE India and Myanmar.
Flowering: August-October.
| Identification credit: Navendu Pāge | Photographed in Pelling, Sikkim, Sakleshpur, Karnataka & Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. |
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