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 | Photo: Dinesh Valke |
Botanical name: Crotalaria leptostachya Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Slender Spiked Rattlepod is an erect annual herb, growing to 1-2 m tall. Stem
and branches are stout, quadrangled and hairy. The species name
leptostachya means, having slender spikes. Alternately arranged
leaves, 8-10 cm long, are oblong-lancelike, and nearly stalkless. Leaves are
membranous, and have rounded bases. Yellow pea-like, short-stalked flowers
occur on slender spikes.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
| Photographed at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharsahtra. |