Crotalaria axilliflora Baker F.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Leaves all or almost all 3-foliolate, uppermost sometimes 1-foliolate; leaflets 6–30 × 1–10 mm, linear-oblanceolate, oblong-oblanceolate or oblong-obovate, obtuse to rounded at the apex, glabrous to sparsely pilose above, thinly appressed pubescent to pilose beneath; petiole 2–6 mm long; stipules 0.
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Racemes 1–4 cm long, densely 6–20-flowered, with other flowers developing in the axils below and sometimes also on abbreviated lateral branches; bracts 3–7 × 0.1–0.7 mm, linear to narrowly linear-lanceolate; pedicel 3–4(6 in fruit) mm long; bracteoles setaceous or lacking.
Standard broadly obovate, yellow, silky tomentose outside; wings as long as the keel; keel 6–8 mm long, subangular, with a narrow twisted beak hooked inwards at the tip.
Erect annual, 30–75 cm tall, developing ascending branches; stem densely silvery silky pubescent to pilose, the hairs 0.5–1(2) mm long.
Calyx 5–6 mm long, silky tomentose; lobes acuminately triangular, 1.5–2 times as long as the tube.
Pod sessile, 7–8 × 4–5 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid, pilose, 4–8-seeded.
Seeds 1.5–2.5 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.75
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Crotalaria axilliflora world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487839-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210793
COL ID ZN8X
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Synonyms

Crotalaria axilliflora Crotalaria sengae Crotalaria mokoroensis