| East-Asian Goose Grass |
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| File size | 144468 |
| Original date | 5/31/13 9:12 AM |
| Resolution | 1000 x 704 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 22.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon EOS 550D |
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Botanical name: Galium hoffmeisteri Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Galium asperulopsis, Galium japonicum f. stenophyllum
Synonyms: Galium asperulopsis, Galium japonicum f. stenophyllum
East-Asian Goose Grass is a perennial herb with
obovate-spoon-shaped to elliptic-oblong leaves, 4-6 in a whorl,
distinctly stalked with up to 3 mm long leaf-stalks, tip rounded,
suddenly tapering at tip, margins antrorsely aculeolate. Flowers are
white, borne in branch-end inflorescence. Inflorescence is sometimes in
axils of uppermost leaves. Flower are pinwheel shaped, 2.5-3 mm in
diameter, becoming hairless, lobed for 3/4 or more; petals 4, ovate,
pointed. Fruits are 1-2 mm with uncinate trichomes. East-Asian
Goose Grass is found throughout the Himalayas, to China and Korea, at
altitudes of 400-4000 m. Flowering: April-August.
| Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh | Photographed near Ukhimath, Uttarakhand. |
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