| Three-Leaf Pimpinel |
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| File size | 499772 |
| Original date | 10/18/20 1:08 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 56.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 4.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ2500 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Pimpinella heyneana Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Synonyms: Carum heyneanum, Apium trifoliatum, Seseli zeylanicum
Synonyms: Carum heyneanum, Apium trifoliatum, Seseli zeylanicum
Three-Leaf Pimpinel is a prostrate herb, with stem
round. Leaves are alternate, 5-7 cm across, upper ones trifoliate,
leaflets with base heart-shaped, toothed; leaf-stalk 1-6 cm long,
sheathing at the base. Flowers are borne in umbels at branch-ends,
panicled; rays 10; secondary rays many, each 3 cm long. Flowers are
9-16 in an umbellule, 1.5 mm across, white; flower-stalks 5 mm long.
Sepal-cup shortly 5-toothed. Petals are 5, 1 mm long, round. Stamens
are 5. Fruit is 3 x 2 mm, ovate, densely hairy. Three-Leaf Pimpinel is
distributed in moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests of South
India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
| Identification credit: Dinesh Valke | Photographed at Tung Road, Maharashtra. |
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