About birdflower
Crotalaria laburnifolia, called the rattle pod, is a highly variable species of flowering plant in the genus Crotalaria, widely distributed in central, eastern and southern Africa, the Seychelles, the Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Java, and Queensland in Australia. It has been introduced into Western Australia. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria laburnifolia
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous and open forests, also along river banks and wasteland
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Philippines, N-E Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
birdflower belongs to the Fabaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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