| Willow-Leaf Rattlepod |
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| File size | 572331 |
| Original date | 12/28/24 4:33 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1000s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Crotalaria salicifolia Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Willow-Leaf Rattlepod is a perennial herb with stiff,
sparingly branched stem, densely covered with rusty silky hairs. leaves
oblong or lanceshaped, narrowed at both ends, shortly silky, and
long-stalked, few-flowered racemes. Bracts are minute, lanceshaped,
flower-stalks as long as sepals. Flowers are bright yellow, not much
protruding out of sepals. Sepal cup is 1.8 cm deep, densely coated with
bright brown velvety hairs. Sepals are linear, all very long. Pods are
3.5-5 cm long, half as broad, stalked. Lower leaves are oblong or
lanceshaped-oblong, upper linear-lanceshaped, reaching 7.5-10 cm, both
side covered with hairs like those on the stem. Willow-Leaf Rattlepod
is native to Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Vagamon, Kerala. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,