Crotalaria medicaginea Lam.

Common Name : Trefoil rattlepod.
Family : Fabaceae

HABIT

A HERB OR SHRUB, PROSTRATE TO ERECT, 1 M TALL.

STEMS

SLENDER, BRANCHED, APPRESSED SILKY PUBESCENT; STIPULES FILIFORM, 2-3 MM .

LEAVES

3-FOLIATE; LEAFLETS OBLANCEOLATE, OBOVATE-OBLONG, OR OVATE-OBLONG, ABAXIALLY DENSELY SILKY PUBESCENT, ADAXIALLY GLABRESCENT, BASE CUNEATE, APEX OBTUSE, TRUNCATE OR RETUSE.

FLOWERS

RACEMES TERMINAL OR LEAF OPPOSED, MANY FLOWERED; FLOWERS YELLOW.

FRUITS

PODS GLOBOSE, 3-5 MM IN DIAMETER, SLIGHTLY EXSERTED BEYOND THE CALYX, PUBESCENT, 2-SEEDED, APEX SHORTLY BEAKLED.

SEEDS

SUBCYLINDERIC, TRUNCATE AT APEX, REDDISH BROWN.