Trefoil rattlepod
Crotalaria medicaginea, Fam. Fabaceae
An erect or prostrate, annual or perennial shrub to 0.8m high.
| Weed Category: | |
| Weed: | No |
| Form or habit: | Shrub |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Leaf: | Three finger-like leaflets, crowded, 0.5-3.6 x 0.2-1.5cm, blunt tip, smooth above, minutely haired beneath. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
Yellow |
| Flower description: | Yellow pea flowers, borne on racemes 2-20cm long. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Brown, Grey |
| Fruit: | |
| Fruit description: | Grey brown, almost spherical pods, 3-5mm long with one to two seed. |
| Habitat: | Open forest, woodland. |
| Distribution | Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Western Australia, New Guinea, Malesia, Asia. |
| Food source for: | |
| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | Australia, New Guinea, Malesia, Asia. |
| Notes: | This plant is grazed by cattle and horses and is not known to be toxic. |
| Information sources: | Townsend K. & the Society for Growing Australian Plant Townsville Branch Inc. (1994) Across the Top: Gardening with Australian Plants in the tropics. |
