Common name
Mandarin: 假地蓝 (jia di lan)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Crotalaria (9)
Epithet: ferruginea Benth. (4)
Synonyms: Crotalaria bodinieri H.Lev., Crotalaria lonchophylla Hand.-Mazz., Crotalaria pilosissima Miq., Crotalaria rufescens Franch.
bodinieri => in honor of French botanist and missonary Emile Marie Bodinier (1842-1901) working in China
ferruginea => rust-coloured
pilosissima => very pilose
rufescens => reddish
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Crotalaria ferruginea at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
- [1837] Crotalaria ferruginea - Flora of China @ efloras.org