Flower for identity?

[kiran srivastava]

I found this shrub concentrated in a small area in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai, mostly consisting of folded papery seed pods and a few leaves. I found just one small white flower with pale violet streaks. Some kind of Crotolaria or smithia sps.??

 

Cheers,

Kiran Srivastava

Mumbai

 

[Nayan Singh]

Hi Kiran

The plant is Flemingia bracteata (Roxb) sy. F.strobilifera (L) R.Br. var bracteata (Roxb.) from Fabaceae.

The folded papery structures a the bracts enclosing the flowers

Cheers
 

N.S.Dungriyal IFS
Chief Conservator of Forests
and Field Director
Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad
M.P.
09424792100

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