Phatphati (Marathi: फटफटी)
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Crotalaria filipes
kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken
fil-EE-pays -- meaning, thread-like stalks
commonly known as: creeping hemp • Marathi: फटफटी phatphati
Origin: India
... slender, prostrate or suberect, much branched herb ... branches terete below, compressed near the apex, clothed with long, spreading hairs.
... leaves alternate, subsessile, ovate or oblong, apex obtuse or acute, often mucronate, base cordate, sparsely hairy and gland-dotted; nerves 4-5 pairs, looped at margin, prominent beneath; stipules absent.
... flowers yellow, 1-3, in axillary or terminal lax racemes ... peduncle slender, 1.5-2.5 cm, long; pedicels 2-5 mm long, bracts ovate; bracteoles minute ... calyx 5-lobed, united, 5 mm long, hairy without ... teeth lanceolate ... petals, standard orbicular, striate, with callus at base within.
References: Common Indian Wild Flowers by Isaac Kehimkar • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar • Sahyadri Database
Phatphati (Marathi: फटफटी)
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Crotalaria filipes
kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken
fil-EE-pays -- meaning, thread-like stalks
commonly known as: creeping hemp • Marathi: फटफटी phatphati
Origin: India
... slender, prostrate or suberect, much branched herb ... branches terete below, compressed near the apex, clothed with long, spreading hairs.
... leaves alternate, subsessile, ovate or oblong, apex obtuse or acute, often mucronate, base cordate, sparsely hairy and gland-dotted; nerves 4-5 pairs, looped at margin, prominent beneath; stipules absent.
... flowers yellow, 1-3, in axillary or terminal lax racemes ... peduncle slender, 1.5-2.5 cm, long; pedicels 2-5 mm long, bracts ovate; bracteoles minute ... calyx 5-lobed, united, 5 mm long, hairy without ... teeth lanceolate ... petals, standard orbicular, striate, with callus at base within.
References: Common Indian Wild Flowers by Isaac Kehimkar • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar • Sahyadri Database