Crotalaria verrucosa L. Common Name : Blue rattlesnakeFamily : 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.