Day: December 3, 2023

#794 They called me Crotalaria quinquefolia, also known as Crotalaria ekmanii, and Crotalaria hislopii. I pay homage to the male botanists Erik Leonard Ekman, and Michael Clyde Hislop. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.