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Short-lived perennial herb up to 90 cm tall densely hirsute; leaves alternate, simple, nearly sessile, linear-lanceolate, up to 7 cm long, 5-9 mm broad, densely silky beneath, glabrous above; racemes congested, few t many flowers, rarely solitary; calyx 2-lipped up to 15 mm long, covered with long brownish hairs; corolla blue; pod about 10 mm long, more or less included in calyx, 11-16 seeded.
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Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: For ID (RD_007):

Date:24/08/2008
Place: Assam
Leaves:10-15X2-4cm
Growing in the grassland habitat

Crotalaria sessiliflora, I think.


Another blue flowered Crotalaria apart from C.verrucosa



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Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: Crotalaria sessiliflora from Chakrata:
Crotalaria sessiliflora Linn., Sp.Pl.ed.2. 1004. 1763

syn: Crotalaria brevipes Champion ex Bentham.
short-lived perennial herb up to 90 cm tall densely hirsute; leaves alternate, simple, nearly sessile, linear-lanceolate, up to 7 cm long, 5-9 mm broad, densely silky beneath, glabrous above; racemes congested, few t many flowers, rarely solitary; calyx 2-lipped up to 15 mm long, covered with long brownish hairs; corolla blue; pod about 10 mm long, more or less included in calyx, 11-16 seeded.
Common along roadsides and open hillsides in Chakrata, photographed in September

Another Crotalaria with flowers not yellow.


Again Here are mines from same place


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Crotalaria sessiliflora Linn. from Chakrata-Dakpathar road:
This one is Crotalaria sessiliflora Linn. shot from Dakpathar-Chakrata road in September 2011.
The photographs of the pods were taken near tiger fall, I am not fully sure about the pods, whether they belong to C. sessiliflora or not. Please help. Fl. Simlensis page 115


Interesting, I have never seen a non-yellow Crotolaria!!


Yes … Here is mine- efi thread


I like the blue coloured flowers. This is another nice post. As said by … a non yellow Crotalaria (One more I know about is C. verrucosa)



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Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Crotalaria sessiliflora from Chakrata-GSOCT07/07 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)
Crotalaria sessiliflora Linn., Sp.Pl.ed.2. 1004. 1763
syn: Crotalaria brevipes Champion ex Bentham.
short-lived perennial herb up to 90 cm tall densely hirsute; leaves alternate, simple, nearly sessile, linear-lanceolate, up to  7 cm long, 5-9 mm broad, densely silky beneath, glabrous above; racemes congested, few t many flowers, rarely solitary; calyx 2-lipped up to 15 mm long, covered with long brownish hairs; corolla blue; pod about 10 mm long, more or less included in calyx, 11-16 seeded.
Common along roadsides and open hillsides in Chakrata, photographed in September


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Fwd: Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Crotalaria sessiliflora from Chakrata-gsoct10/10 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
Crotalaria sessiliflora Linn., Sp.Pl.ed.2. 1004. 1763
syn: Crotalaria brevipes Champion ex Bentham.
short-lived perennial herb up to 90 cm tall densely hirsute; leaves alternate, simple, nearly sessile, linear-lanceolate, up to  7 cm long, 5-9 mm broad, densely silky beneath, glabrous above; racemes congested, few t many flowers, rarely solitary; calyx 2-lipped up to 15 mm long, covered with long brownish hairs; corolla blue; pod about 10 mm long, more or less included in calyx, 11-16 seeded.
Common along roadsides and open hillsides in Chakrata, photographed in September


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Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Crotalaria sessiliflora:: Chakrata :: NS OCT 24/24 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (6)
This blue-flowered Crotalaria was recorded from Chakrata area and was identified as C. sessiliflora subsp. sessiliflora



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Crotalaria sessiliflora L. (accepted name) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (10)
Location: Pilot Baba Ashram, Bhaktapur , Nepal
Altitude: 5000 ft.
Date: 11 September 2016
Crotalaria sessiliflora L. (accepted name)
Nepali Name: सोकरोक Sokrok  

Superb.



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photograph from Lohaghat (Champawat) -1 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
I have taken photographs from Lohaghat (Champawat), please help in identify.

… picture belongs to this (Crotalaria sessiliflora subsp. sessiliflora)



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Crotalaria sessiliflora L. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)
Location: Lakeside, Pokhara, Nepal
Date : 13 August 2017
Altitude : 2600 ft.

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Crotalaria sp. Badkot uttrakashi: 1 very high res. image.
Crotalaria sp..

Badkot  uttrakashi 
Altitude – 1000-1200masl
Oct 2021

Species I’d please?


Crotalaria sessiliflora L. !


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Crotalaria sessiliflora L.: 4 very high res. images.
Location: Chobhar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Date: 24 September 2023
Elevation: 1340m. 
Habit: Wild


Nepali Name : सेतो फूल Seto Phool



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