Buy Rattlebox Plant - Crotalaria retusa for Sale - Shak-shak, Rattle Weed, Wedge-leaf
- Common name:
- Rattle Weed, Shak-shak, Rattlebox, Wedge-leaf, Rattle Box
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Khulkhula, Gagra, Dingla, Hindi - Ghunghunia, Tamil - Kilukiluppai, Malayalam - Margarine, Gujarati -ghughra, Kannada - Guluguluppahalli, Telugu -pottigilligichacha
- Category:
- Shrubs
- Family:
- Leguminosae or Fabaceae or Pea family
- Light:
- Sun growing
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- August, September, October, November
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Yellow
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Indigenous (native to India)
- Good for screening
- Attracts birds
- Attracts bees
- Suitable for road median planting
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Plant Description:
- - The western ghats if India come alive with its bright yellow just after the monsoon.
- Flowers in a terminal erect raceme, to one foot long, golden yellow, standard with brown-purple lines inside.
- The fruit is a pod, blackish when ripe, containing yellowish to brown seeds.
- -Stout perennial shrub, 1-1.5 m high.
-Branches many, striate, and pubescent.
-Leaves 4-9 cm, oblong, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, base cuneate.
-Petioles very short.
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Growing tips:
- - Is more of a seasonal plant.
- Does best with plentiful water supply.
- Not generally planted in gardens. Can be used as a wildflower in high rainfall areas