• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crotalaria acicularis Benth.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Open grassy places, dry forests
• Comments / notes : Open grassy places
• Key identification features : Procumbent, slender herb
• Flower, Fruit : September-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Sambalpur district, Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Java, Philippines, China
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crotalaria acicularis. Downloaded on 31 October 2025.

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