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For a remembrance ...
Moss rose is a prostrate, trailing, multi-branched annual with semisucculent stems and leaves. It is a very common house-plant in sunny places in India. It reaches about 6 in tall with a spread of 12 in. The reddish stems and the bright green leaves are thick and soft and juicy. The leaves are cylindrical, about an inch long, and pointed on the tips. The roselike flowers are about an inch across and come in bright colors like rose pink, red, yellow, white, and orange. Some are striped or spotted with contrasting colors. The flowers are borne on the stem tips, and they open only during bright sunlight, closing at night and on cloudy days.
May 17, 2012
In search of ....
Large flowered pink sorrel, lilac oxalis or pink wood sorrel is a bulbous plant. Bulbils are clustered, sheathed in scales. Roots are fibrous. Leaves are trifoliate, as in all wood sorrels. Leaflets are large 1.5-3 cm long, 2-4 cm broad, inverted heart-shaped. Leaf stalk is up to a foot long. Flowering stems are up to 27 cm long. Flowers are borne in umbels. Flower stalks is 1-2.5 cm long, velvety. Sepals are 4-5 mm long, lance shaped, velvety, tip with a brownish red part. Petals are 1.2-1.5 cm long, hinged at the base, pink. Shorter filaments are smooth, not exceeding the styles; longer ones are bristly. Large-Flowered Pink Sorrel is native to south America, naturalized in parts of India - most likely a garden escape. The photograph was taken on 2nd May 2012 in Mysore adjacent to my house where i stay presently.
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