Crotalaria verrucosa L.

Common Name : Blue rattlesnake
Family : Fabaceae

HABIT

 ERECT SUB-SHRUB.

STEMS

BRANCHLETS 4-ANGLED, PUBESCENT.

LEAVES

SIMPLE, OVATE OR BROADLY RHOMBOID, ENTIRE, OBTUSE, ACUTE, PUBESCENT, STIPULES SEMI-LUNATE.

FLOWERS

BLUISH-WHITE, IN LEAF OPPOSED OR TERMINAL RACEMES.

FRUITS

PODS OBLONG, CYLINDRIC, PROMINENTLY NERVED, THINLY PUBESCENT, EXCEEDING THE CALYX.