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| File size | 81753 |
| Original date | 6/28/09 8:25 PM |
| Resolution | 724 x 543 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 300.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Ipomoea coptica Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning glory family)
Synonyms: Convolvulus copticus
Synonyms: Convolvulus copticus
Alamo Vine is a slender, prostrate or twining annual herb, found in dry
deciduous woodland, grasslands and cultivated fields. Stems are several,
up to 1.6 m long, 4-angled. Leaves are digitately 5-lobed, each lobe is
further deeply dentate or pinnately cut. Flowers are borne in clusers of
1-3, in leaf axils. Flowers are funnel-shaped, 1.2 cm long, white or pink,
sometimes with a darker throat. Capsule is depressed-spherical, hairless.
Alamo Vine is native to India and North Africa, in particular Egypt. The
species name coptica comes from Coptos, a place near Thebes, Egypt.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Rajouri Garden, Delhi. |