Crotalaria ferruginea

Crotalaria ferruginea Benth. (syn: Crotalaria bodinieri H.Lev.; Crotalaria ferruginea var. major Baker; Crotalaria ferruginea var. pilosissima (Miq.) Baker (ambiguous synonym); Crotalaria ferruginea var. pilosissima Benth. (ambiguous synonym); Crotalaria lonchophylla Hand.-Mazz.; Crotalaria pilosissima Miq.; Crotalaria rufescens Franch.);  

Bangladesh; Bhutan; China; India; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;

India (N) ; Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh; Assam; Bihar; Gujarat; Himachal Pradesh; Karnataka ; Manipur; Meghalaya; Nagaland; Orissa; Rajasthan; Sikkim; Tripura ; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal and other countries as per ILDIS;

Erect branched herbs, silky pubescent. Leaves to 5.5 x 1.5 cm, oblong, obovate, apex obtuse, apiculate, base cuneate, pubescent; petiole 1 mm, stipule 0.5 cm, lanceolate, ciliate. Racemes lax, 6-8 flowered; flowers yellow, pedicels 0.5 cm; sepals connate at the base, 1.5 cm, lanceolate, tomentose; keel sepal linear; standard petal 17 x 8 mm, orbicular; wings 10 x 5 mm, oblong, obtuse; keel united, 1.5 cm long, enclosing the stamens and pistil; anthers dimorphic, larger 3 mm, smaller 0.3 mm; ovary 4 mm, oblong, style constricted at the bent, 1.3 cm long, puberulus, stigma oblique. Pod 3 x 1 cm, oblong, glabrous, shining; seeds many.
Flowering and fruiting: December-February
Dry deciduous forests
Indo-Malesia
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)
 
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SK 2336 21 December 2019 : 12 posts by 2 authors. 10 images- 5 to 7 mb each.
Location: Nagarkot, Bhaktapur
Date: 24 October 2019
Elevation: 2076m.
Habitat: Wild
Crotalaria prostrata Rottler ex Willd. ??
Looks different from Crotalaria prostrata Willd. 
Keys in Flora of Bhutan at Crotalaria‎ lead me to (15. C. ferruginea Bentham), 16 (16. C. humifusa Bentham) & 17 (17. C. acicularis Bentham)
I am ignoring the following on further checking these at
Crotalaria humifusa Benth. as per details herein &
Crotalaria acicularis at FOC illustration, POWO  Florida plants  YDHVN
I think it is close to Crotalaria ferruginea as per
GBIF  High resolution specimen  BGO  YDHVN
Thank you ...!
Crotalaria ferruginea Graham ex Benth.
 


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