Crotalaria hirsuta

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Hairy Rattlepod;
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India (N); Andhra Pradesh;  Arunachal Pradesh ; Assam ; Bihar ; Delhi ; Goa ; Gujarat ; Haryana ; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir ; Karnataka ; Kerala ; Madhaya Pradesh; Maharashtra ; Manipur ; Meghalaya; Mizoram ; Nagaland ; Orissa; Pondicherry ; Punjab ; Rajasthan ; Sikkim; Tamil Nadu; Tripura ; Uttar Pradesh ; West Bengal; Yanan; Myanmar (N); Mauritius (I) as per ILDIS;
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Submission of Crotalaria hirsuta : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)

Crotalaria hirsuta Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3(2): 978. 1802.
Ver.name: Hairy rattle pod (Eng.).
Family: Fabaceae
Description: Herbs, annual, hirsute; 0.6-1 m tall. Leaves alternate; simple, ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 × 2-4cm, base obtuse, margin entire, apex acute, mucronate; scabrid above, hirsute beneath. Flowers 1-1.5cm across, yellow in terminal or leaf-opposed few-flowered racemes. Calyx deeply 5, lobed, hirsute outer. Corolla papillionoid; standard orbicular with purple blotches on the back; wings oblong, keel shorter than wings. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Ovary stipate, hirsute; style geniculate, stigma minute. Pod oblong, 1.5-2 cm long, deflexed, hirsute, 8-10 seeded.
Habitat & location: Common in dry deciduous forests

 


33 Identity weed plant: 6 images.

Please identify the weed plant.
Name of plant: Location: near Reserve Forest,  Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, Kerala PIN:686671
Date:.               02.12.2020, 02.15pm
Altitude:           1700fsl
Habitat:            wild moisture
Plant habit:      creeping annual hairy weak stem
Height:             02 feet
Leaves:            alternative oval
Flower:             diameter: 10mm yellow non fragrant

Crotalaria hirsuta


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Seen in Bhopal, 11/9/2023.


Crotalaria hirsuta Willd. !


Updated on December 24, 2024

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