Common name: Showy Rattlepod, Greater rattlepod, Showy crotalaria, Showy rattlebox • Hindi: सन्नी Sanni, घुंगरी Ghungri, धुनधुनी Dhundhuni, झुनझुनिया Jhunjhunia • Marathi: डिंगळा dingala, खुळखुळा khulkhula • Kannada: Kaadu senabu • Bengali: Pipuli jhunjhun
Botanical name: Crotalaria spectabilis Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Crotalaria sericea, Crotalaria leschenenaulti
Showy Rattlepod is a perennial shrub, 1-1.5 m tall. It sports many branches
covered with velvety hairs. Oblong leaves are 4-9 cm long, with a
wedge-shaped base. Numerous large yellow flowers occur in erect racemes,
15-30 cm long, at the end of branches. Flowers are 2.5 cm across, bright
yellow, with purple tinge. The "standard" petal is circular. The flower differs from Crotalaria retusa in its large bracts and hairless sepal tube.
Flowering: October-March.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
| Photographed at Kas plateau, Satara, Maharashtra. |
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