✿Fabaceae · Crotalaria
Crotalaria umbellata
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- October-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria umbellata
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Open grasslands and fallow fields
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
- 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 Crotalaria umbellata 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 Crotalaria umbellata itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Crotalaria umbellata
Crotalaria umbellata is a low shrub in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in open grasslands and fallow fields. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Crotalaria umbellata belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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