Common name: Indian Sauvage
Indian sauvage is a perennial plant found on road-sides and fallow lands and the plant prefers dry climatic conditions. Generally seen growing along the ground forming mats: sometimes the plant is seen growing erect and reaches a height of about 10 cm. The leafs are double pinnate arranged in an alternate manner. The leaf stalk measure around 1 cm; the leaflet measures around 1.5 cm in length. On each leaf the number of leaflets vary; but generally seen 5-7 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are obovate and have a notched tip and a cuneate base. The entire plant is covered with fine white hairs. The flowers are seen in small bunches, generally bearing around 3 flowers and they arise from the leaf axis. The flowers are pea shaped, zygomorphic and bisexual. The flowers are white in appearance. The fruit is in the form of a hairy pod which measure around 3.9 cm in length. The pods are slightly bend on the upper side. The pods encloses 5-8 seeds. Indian Sauvage is the larval host plant for Black spotted grass blue and Lesser grass blue butterflies.
