Crotalaria confertiflora Polhill

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Leaves 3-foliolate, uppermost reduced, occasionally 1-foliolate; leaflets 3–12 × 0.5–2 mm, linear-oblanceolate or oblanceolate, appressed puberulous beneath; petiole 1–3 mm long; stipules 0.
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Standard oblong-obovate, yellow, tomentellous outside; wings almost as long as the keel; keel 4.5–5 mm long, angular, with a very narrow twisted beak, slightly incurved at the tip.
Calyx 2.5 mm long, densely pubescent with irregularly arranged hairs; upper lobes narrowly triangular-acuminate, 1.5–2 times as long as the tube.
Flowers 6–12 in sessile terminal heads; bracts 1–1.5 mm long, linear-lanceolate; pedicel 1.5–2 mm long, without bracteoles.
Erect annual 20–70 cm tall, developing relatively short flowering branches above; stem shortly appressed pubescent.
Seeds 2 mm long, oblong-cordiform, smooth, with a prominent aril.
Pod sessile, 3.5–4 × 3 mm, ovoid-globose, pubescent, 2-seeded.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.7
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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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 confertiflora world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899588-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210890
COL ID ZNCY
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria confertiflora