Crotalaria walkeri Arn. (syn: Crotalaria semperflorens var. walkeri (Arn.) Baker); kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken ... Dave's Botanary WAL-ker-ee -- named for Colonel George Warren Walker, Scottish botanist ... WikiVisually commonly known as: Walker's rattlepod India (N); Karnataka ; Tamil Nadu ; Sri Lanka (N) as per ILDIS; Scandent shrubs; stems thinly hairy. Leaves to 7 x 2.5 cm, lanceolate, acute, apiculate, rounded at base, scabrous along the nerves; stipules 5 mm long, ovate; acuminate, deflexed. Raceme 10-20-flowered, terminal; bracts 6 x 4 mm, ovate-cordate at base, deflexed; bracteoles at the middle of the pedicel. Flowers 3 cm long, standard orbicular, yellow with pink lines, wings and keels smaller. Pods 4 x 2.3 cm, oblong. Flowering and fruiting: November-January Grasslands and openings in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests South India and Sri Lanka (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
Charmadi Ghat Karnataka Date: 12 NOV 2016 ... Altitude: explored between: 873 - 976 m (2863 - 3201 ft) asl Crotalaria walkeri Arn. ... (family: Fabaceae) Why last two images look different ? ..., they belong to the Crotalaria plant. In the second photo, among the mix of plants, please trace the stalk of inflorescence; it arises from a plant with leaves and stipules shown in last two photos. Identification courtesy: flickr friend - Regy Yohannan Thanks, ... Checking cursorily on the mobile earlier. Names of Plants in India :: Crotalaria walkeri Arn. : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image. via Species > C > Crotalaria walkeri Arn. ... family: Fabaceae ~ Papilionaceae     kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken ... Dave's Botanary WAL-ker-ee -- named for Colonel George Warren Walker, Scottish botanist ... WikiVisually commonly known as: Walker's rattlepod botanical names: Crotalaria walkeri Arn. ... synonym: Crotalaria semperflorens var. walkeri (Arn.) Baker ... The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1. November 12, 2016 ... along Charmadi Ghat, Karnataka References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 ILDIS GBIF (with type specimen) India Biodiversity Portal Kerala plants Plant illustrations Encyclopedia of Life (specimen) Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha (2004- details) |
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