I feel it as a species of *Crotalaria *only. *Crotalaria spectabilis* is a possibility as this plant shows variations in high altitudes. But the pod looks different!
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242315584 Regards, Giby On 6 June 2012 11:54, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “Were the leaf simple? it has stipules at the base > *I dont think this is Crotalaria*. May be I am wrong > > Tanay” > > “OH !! just went by the tell-tale looks of flower and seedpod. > Many thanks dear Tanay; let us wait for comments.” from Dinesh ji. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: 26 November 2011 19:17 > Subject: [efloraindia:96451] Re: DV :: 17NOV11 - 0218 :: Garden Crotalaria > ¿ species ? - Ooty > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > ... missed attachments. > > > > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear friends, ... ID please. >> >> >> *Place*: in premises of St Stephen's Church, Ooty (~ 7428 ft asl), >> Tamilnadu >> *Time*: November 17, 2011 at 2.18pm >> *Habit*: medium-sized bushy shrub >> *Habitat*: garden planted >> >> *Plant*: about 6-7 ft high, many branched from base, perhaps pruned, may >> grow to become a large shrub >> *Flower*: quite handsome, about (or over) an inch across ... largest of * >> Crotalaria* flower seen yet. >> *Seedpod*: about 2 - 2.5 inches long X 0.75 - 1 inch wide; this too >> largest of Crotalaria pod seen yet ... may actually serve as a rattletoy. >> >> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1870 members & > 1,18,000 messages on 31/5/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
