| Small-Flowered Raspwort |
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| File size | 207293 |
| Original date | 6/23/17 12:22 PM |
| Resolution | 1240 x 930 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 21.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/4000s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
| Focus Distance | 0.0m |
| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | FUJIFILM |
| Camera model | FinePix HS35EXR |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Gonocarpus micranthus Family: Haloragaceae (Watermilfoil family)
Synonyms: Haloragis micrantha, Haloragis minima, Haloragis depressa
Synonyms: Haloragis micrantha, Haloragis minima, Haloragis depressa
Small-Flowered Raspwort is a prostrate, hairless herb,
5-30 cm long. Leaves are arranged in perpendicular pairs, obovate,
round, ovate, or oblong, 3-10 by 1.5-4 mm the margin on either side
with 1-7 teeth. Flowers are scattered, erect first then drooping.
Sepals are ovate-triangular, 0.3-0.6 mm, somewhat sacklike-thickened
and shallowly heart-shaped at the base, often tapering. Petals are
about 0.9-1.3 mm, red or rose, stamens are 8. Fruit is
obovoid-spherical to depressed-spherical, about 0.9-1.1 x 0.7-0.9 mm,
smooth. Small-Flowered Raspwort is native to Tropical & Subtropical
Asia to New Zealand. It is found in Eastern Himalaya, Bhutan &NE
India, in wet or boggy places, either in open or grassy situations, at
altitudes of 100-1800 m.
| Identification credit: Nidhan Singh, Samiran Pandey | Photographed in Shillong, Meghalaya. |
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