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This plant is an annual hairy prostrate plant. The leaves are arranged in alternate manner; margin entire; margin ciliated with thin hairs. The petiolate leaves are ovate to round in shape. The flowers are typically yellow in color and are pea flower shaped.  The lateral raceme is two flowered. The fruit pod is sub-orbicular hairy … Read More “Crotalaria angulata (Fabaceae family-pea family)” »

Drosera Indica is an insectivorous plant and a native of tropical regions and is found in India, Africa and Australia. It is an annual which grow to a height of about 50 cm. it prefers acidic soil environment.  Leaves are narrowly linear fringed with gland tip tentacles-which produce a sticky fluid in which insects get … Read More “Drosera indica (Sundew family)” »

This plant was encountered on a rocky surface in Valparai hills of Coimbatore district. It is a perennial shrub with attractive orange to scarlet flowers. It grows to a height of about a meter. The plant has an angular stem. Leaves are compound (imparipinnate-unipinnate leaf with odd number of leaflets) arranged in alternate manner. The … Read More “Tephrosia tinctora (Fabaceae-pea family)” »