Ever-Flowering Rattlepod
Crotalaria semperflorens
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- December-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria semperflorens
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Shola forest margins
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Indian peninsula
- Distribution
- India, Malesia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Simple (single blade)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ever-Flowering Rattlepod itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Fruit surface
- Inflated (balloon-like)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ever-Flowering Rattlepod itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Ever-Flowering Rattlepod
A member of the Fabaceae family, Ever-Flowering Rattlepod (Crotalaria semperflorens) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in shola forest margins. Flowering and fruiting run from December to February.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Ever-Flowering Rattlepod belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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