| Ever-Flowering Rattlepod |
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| File size | 778615 |
| Original date | 12/20/23 12:57 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.15mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1832s |
| Aperture | 2.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Apple |
| Camera model | iPhone SE (1st generation) |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Crotalaria semperflorens Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Crotalaria arnottiana, Crotalaria wallichiana, Crotalaria verrucosa var. semperflorens
Synonyms: Crotalaria arnottiana, Crotalaria wallichiana, Crotalaria verrucosa var. semperflorens
Ever-Flowering Rattlepod is a shrub, up to 1.5 m high;
stems stout, minutely bristly. Flowers are many, borne in racemes 15-25
cm long; bracts lanceshaped, 1 cm long. Flowers are 1.5 cm across,
golden yellow; standard 3 x 2 cm, hairless, yellow; wings 2 x 1 cm,
verrucose; keel hairless. Sepal-cup is 2 cm long, sepals lanceshaped,
bristly. Leaves are up to 16 x 2 cm, obovate, blunt at tip, pointed at
base, velvet-hairy below; nerves to 10 pairs; leaf-stalk 1.5 cm long;
stipule 1.5 x 1 cm, crescent-shaped. Pods are 6 x 2.5 cm, obovate,
clawed. Ever-Flowering Rattlepod is found in SW India, Malesia.
| Identification credit: S. Jeevith | Photographed in The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. |
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