| Yellow Sensitive Plant |
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| Resolution | 1036 x 777 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 6.3mm |
| Exposure time | 1/800s |
| Aperture | 8.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-P52 |
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Botanical name: Mimosa natans Family: Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not family)
Synonyms: Mimosa prostrata, Desmanthus triquetrus, Mimosa triquetra
Synonyms: Mimosa prostrata, Desmanthus triquetrus, Mimosa triquetra
Yellow Sensitive Plant is a cousin of the
Sensitive Water Plant, but grows on land.
It is a perennial, prostrate, hairless herb, woody at base. Stems are slender,
compressed, angled; leaves 2-6 cm long, abruptly 2-pinnate; sidestalks 1-3 pairs, 5 cm long, leaflets 10-20 pairs; stalkless, elliptic-oblong, 3-5 x 1-2 mm, hairless, fringed with hairs, rounded, base oblique. Flowers are yellow in solitary, axillary small heads. Pods are 1-2 cm, flat, beaked, oblong, compressed.
Yellow Sensitive Plant is occasional among grasses. Yellow Sensitive Plant is
found in Peninsular India. Flowering: May-November.
| Identification credit: Satish Pardesi, Shrikant Ingalhalikar | Photographed in Nagpur & Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh. |
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