Thank you for the detailed explanation Garg sir..! On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 at 15:40, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Due to confusion in images in our site, I am trying to find the difference > between the two: > > Crotalaria albida Roth > > Crotalaria linifolia L.f. > > From Flora of China > <https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000185070>: > > Herbs, short-lived or perennial, erect to ascending, 10-80 cm tall. > *Stems* sometimes branched above base, occasionally branched only at > base, *appressed pubescent to spreading pilose. *Stipules acicular, > minute, caducous, sometimes apparently absent. *Leaves simple, > subsessile; leaf blade oblanceolate, elliptic, or obovate, 1-2.5 × 0.4-1.2 > cm, abaxially strigose, adaxially glabrous,* base cuneate, apex obtuse > and mucronate. > Racemes terminal, often on lateral branches, rarely leaf-opposed, to 20 > cm, 20-30-flowered; *bracts filiform, ca. 1 mm. *Pedicel 3-5 mm; *bracteoles > inserted at base of calyx tube, similar to bracts.* *Calyx 2-lipped, 4-8 > mm, parted; *abaxial 3 lobes lanceolate; adaxial 2 lobes broader, > falcate, apices slightly obtuse to acuminate. > Corolla pale yellow; standard elliptic, 5-8 mm, base with appendages, apex > barbate; wings oblong, ± as long as standard; keel rounded, narrowed > apically from middle and extended into a twisted beak. Ovary subsessile. > Legume cylindric, ca. 1 cm, slightly exserted beyond calyx, 6-12-seeded, > glabrous. Fl. May-Sep, fr. Sep-Dec. > > > From IBP <https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229371>: > Diffuse herbs; branches radiating from a perennial stout root stock. > Leaves to 1.5 x 0.5 cm, oblanceolate, obtuse, hairy below. Racemes to 6 cm > long, terminal; bracts and bracteoles minute. Flowers 10 mm long, yellow; > calyx 9 mm long; lobes unequal; standard 8 mm across, orbicular, hairy on > back; wings 8 x 3 mm, rugose; keel glabrous. Pods 9 x 3 mm, obovate, > glabrous; seeds few. > > > From Flora of Pakistan > <https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000185070>: > An undershrub c. 30-60 cm tall, branches silky pubescent. Leaf simple, c. > 2.5-5.5 cm long, c. 4.5-13 mm broad, linear-oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, > apiculate, silky pubescent, pellucid-punctate; petiole 2.5 mm or less; > stipules absent. Inflorescence a 6-20-flowered raceme, c. 5-13 cm long. > Bract and bracteoles linear. Pedicel c. 3-5 mm long. Calyx c. 6-7 mm long, > becoming enlarged in fruit; 3 lower teeth linear, the upper 2 broader. > Corolla pale yellow. Vexillum c. 8-9 mm long. Fruit sessile, c. 1.2-1.6 cm > long, oblong-cylindric, glabrous, 6-12-seeded. > > From Flora of China > <https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000184569>: > > Herbs, annual or short-lived perennial, erect to ascending, 0.5-1 m tall. > *Stems > terete, densely silky pubescent.* Stipules minute, caducous. > > > *Leaves simple; petiole short; leaf blade linear to oblong,* *2-5 × > 0.3-1.5 cm, both surfaces silky pilose, adaxially sometimes only along > midvein, *base cuneate to rounded, apex acuminate to obtuse and > mucronate. > Racemes terminal, lax, 10-20 cm, many flowered; *bracts lanceolate, 2-3 > mm. *Pedicel to 2.5 mm; *bracteoles inserted at base of calyx, similar to > bracts. Calyx 2-lipped, 6-7 mm, deeply divided, densely rusty pilose;* > abaxial lobes lanceolate; adaxial lobes slightly longer and broader > > Corolla yellow with darker veins; standard oblong to suborbicular, 5-7 mm, > margin pilose at base and with 2 appendages, apex retuse; wings oblong, 6-7 > mm; keel ca. 8 mm, ± sharply angled near base, margins minutely woolly, > apex extended into a long straight twisted beak. Legume rhombic to ovoid, > 5-6 mm, 8-10-seeded, glabrous; stipe almost absent. Fl. Aug-Oct, fr. > Nov-Dec. > > From IBP <https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245105>: > > Much branched herbs, up to 50 cm high; stems terete, pubescent. Leaves > simple, 1.0-2.3 x 0.4-1.2 cm, oblong-obovate or obovate, cuneate at base, > obtuse, rounded or retuse and slightly mucronate at apex, glabrous or > glabrescent above, sericeo-pubescent beneath, margins involute, lateral > nerves 3-6 pairs; subcoriaceous, up to 2.5 cm long; petioles 0.5-1.5 mm > long, pubescent; stipules absent. Racemes terminal; peduncles 2-9 cm long, > stout with few extra bracts. Flowers 3-7, 1.3-1.4 cm across; pedicels 2-3 > mm long, pubescent, stout; bracts linear, 1.0-1.5 mm long pubescent; > bracteoles 2, linear, ca 1.5 mm long, with few hairs. Calyx 5-lobed, tube > ca 2 mm long, lobes 10.5-11.0 x 1-3 mm, piloso-pubescent, margins ciliate, > 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lobes oblong-lanceolate, subacute at apex, > divided to less than one fourth of its length, lower lip 3-lobed, lobes > linear-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, divided to more than half of its > length. Petals pale-yellow, equal to calyx or rarely very scarcely > exserted; standard orbicular, 9-10 x 8-10 mm, retuse at apex, glabrous, > claw 1.5 mm long, woolly; wing petals obovate or oblong, 8-10 x 2.5-3 mm, > obtuse at apex, ridges to about half of its breadth, claw 1.0-1.5 mm long, > woolly; keel petals ovate, 12.5-13.0 x ca 4.5 mm, margins ciliate, beak ca > 4.5 mm long, straight, twisted. Staminal sheath 3-4 mm long; free filaments > 2.5-5.0 mm long; anthers dimorphic, longer anthers linear-oblong, 2.5-3.0 > mm long; shorter anthers, ovoid, 0.5-1.0 mm long. Ovary subsessile, oblong, > ca 5 x 1 mm, narrowed above, glabrous; style 10-11 mm long, pilose > throughout the length; stigma flat; ovules 22-44. Pods sessile, oblong, > 1.3-1.5 x 0.6-0.7 cm, glabrous, brown; seeds 10-20. > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFA227AaV_dOwt%2BZdpdJqcWn6zKGtCG1evsJOJdZgtSW7Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFA227AaV_dOwt%2BZdpdJqcWn6zKGtCG1evsJOJdZgtSW7Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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