Botanical name:Alysicarpus bupleurifolius var. gracilisFamily:Fabaceae (Pea family) Synonyms: Alysicarpus gracilis
Graceful Alyce Clover is an annual prostrate herb with
alternate leaves which are oblong to linear, entire, prominently
veined, 2.5-5 cm long. Stipules are linear, pointed. Flowers are borne
in leaf axils, in racemes carried on long flower-cluster stalks, up to
2 cm long. There are 2 flowers in the axils of each bract. Sepal cup is
chaffy, ovate-oblong, up to 8 mm long. Flowers are yellow with a pink
tinge. Pods are 1-3 jointed. Graceful Alyce Clover is native to Western
Ghats.
Identification credit: Dileep Pokle
Photographed near Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
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