Crotalaria campestris Polhill

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Racemes 2–7 cm long, very laxly 3–8-flowered, slightly flexuous; bracts 1–2 mm long, linear-lanceolate; pedicel 4–8 mm long, with small bracteoles near the base.
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Standard elliptic, pale yellow, later flushed pink; wings much shorter than the keel; keel 11–12 mm long, angular, with a long straight narrow twisted beak.
Pod with a stipe 3–4 mm long, 8–11 (including stipe) × 5–6 mm, rounded ellipsoid, many-seeded (ovules 40).
Leaves subsessile, 1-foliolate; leaflets 5–13 × 0.7–1.5 mm, linear-oblanceolate, acute; stipules 0.
Calyx 3–4 mm long; upper lobes attenuate-triangular, 2–2.5 times as long as the tube.
Slender erect annual 30–60 cm tall, branching above, glabrous.
Seeds 1 mm in diameter.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Crotalaria campestris world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899584-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210880
COL ID ZNBN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria campestris