Crotalaria hirsuta Willd.

 
  • 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 hirsuta Willd.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Open deciduous forest, also in grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Occasional
  • Flower, Fruit : September-April
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy & Arun Singh R
  • Collection Date : 28/11/2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-153
  • Collection Locality : Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Guntur district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district
    • Karnataka : Ballari district
    • Kerala : Palakkad district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • World Distribution : India, Himalayas, Myanmar
  • 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
  • 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 hirsuta. Downloaded on 9 February 2025.

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