Biology:Crotalaria verrucosa
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Short description: Species of legume
Crotalaria verrucosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Crotalaria |
Species: | C. verrucosa
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Binomial name | |
Crotalaria verrucosa L.
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Crotalaria verrucosa, the blue rattlepod, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. This shrub belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[2] The herb can be found in tropical and subtropical areas from in Bangladesh to Sri Lanka in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australasia and Central America.[1]
Crotalaria verrucosa is a perennial shrub that grows to about 50 to 100 cm in height.[3]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Crotalaria verrucosa L.". Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. 2023. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:489042-1.
- ↑ "Crotalaria verrucosa L.". United States Department of Agriculture. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CRVE5#. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ "Crotalaria verrucosa Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 715. 1753.". Flora of China. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242315597. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10932824 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotalaria verrucosa.
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