Crotalaria humifusa

Prostrate herb; stem villous. Leaves to 5 x 3.5 cm, ovate, obtuse, pubescent, petiolate; stipule filiform. Raceme axillary, 6-12 cm long, peduncled. Flowers 5-10; pedicels 5 mm long; bracts and bracteoles filiform; calyx 6 mm long, lobes equal, densely fulvous hairy; standard 5 x 3 mm, obovate; wings 4 x 2 mm, oblanceolate; keel glabrous. Pods to 7 x 3 mm, oblong, glabrous.

Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Crotalaria sp.?:: Gori valley :: NS OCT 18/18 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)

Crotalaria species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net)

Please check for C.humifusa.

Crotalaria prostrata Willd. (accepted name) ?? : 13 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (9)

Location: Chobhar Height, Kathmandu , Nepal

Altitude:  4600 ft.

Date: 15 September 2016

Nepali Names: Chheke सानो बोक्सीबाजा Saano Boksi Baajaa  / सानो छेके Saano

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Yes Sir. Crotalaria prostrata Wild is an accepted name as per ‘the plant list’.

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I think does not match with images at Crotalaria prostrata

Pl. check with images at Crotalaria filipes

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I guess it is not matching according to leaves also.

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Besides, it is not listed in Nepal.

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=108442

Request for further opinion.

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I will go with Crotalaria humifusa Benth.

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Altitude is not matching. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242421682

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Sprawling Rattle pod is found from Himalayas from Kumaon to Sikkim at  altitude of 1800 -1900 m. As per the information provided the specimen was recorded in Sikkim at altitude of 4600 ft (1402 m).

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Crotalaria humifusa Benth.

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I get some confusion. Legumes are alternate whereas net images showing single legumes at nodes for both C.prostrata and C. humifusa.

Also CoL showing 4 C. prostrata but POWO and GBIF only one.

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I am not clear what are you saying. Pl. also give the links.

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earth.com

Flickr

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My post showing 2 opposite legumes at one node nut net images showing 

single legume at one node. Also CoL showing 4sp. of C. prostrata but POWO and GBIF only one.

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Yours also show only one legume except at one point. Pl. see your 6th image.

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OK …!

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Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Desmodium sp. – 1 from Meghalaya 14 OCT15 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)

Attached images are Desmodium sp. – 1 from Meghalaya. Please ID the plant

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This may be Crotalaria prostrata …

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Leaf is stipulate, therefore unlikely to be C. prostrata.

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I think lose to images at Crotalaria humifusa Benth.

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Crotalaria humifusa Graham ex Benth. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (12) – around 350 kb each.

Location:  Dahachowk, Switzerland Park, Kathmandu,,Nepal 

Date: 29 September 2018

Elevation: 5800 ft.

Habit : Wild 

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Crotalaria humifusa in FOI : 3 posts by 2 authors.

Crotalaria humifusa showing C. prostrata as synonym.

Crotalaria prostrata – Prostrate Rattlepod – Flowers of Indiahttps://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Prostrate%20Rattlepod.html

Crotalaria humifusa – Sprawling Rattlepod – Flowers of Indiahttps://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sprawling%20Rattlepod.html

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Thank you Saroj for pointing it out. Crotalaria prostrata auct. non Rottb. is a synonym of Crotalaria humifusa, and it has been corrected now:

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sprawling%20Rattlepod.html

Crotalaria prostrata Willd. is another species:

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Prostrate%20Rattlepod.html

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Crotalaria humifusa Graham ex Benth. : 8 posts by 2 authors. 6 images- 5 to 7 mb each.

Location: Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Date: 14 September 2020

Elevation: 1340 m.

Habit: Wild

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References:

The Plant List Ver.1.1
 ILDIS  GRIN
 JSTOR
(Specimen) Flowers of India  FloraBase  Kerala plants  India Biodiversity Portal  IBIS Flora 

Embryology and Apomixis in Grasses By T. Pullaiah, G. N. V. Febulaus (2000- Details with keys)

Floristic Diversity of Assam: Study of Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary By Bora, Yogendra Kumar (2003- Details)