Crotalaria debilis Polhill

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Leaves simple, subsessile, without stipules; blades 4–12 × 1–2.5 mm, linear-lanceolate and acute above to oblanceolate-oblong and obtuse below, shortly rounded to the base, sparsely puberulous beneath.
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Standard obovate, yellow, lined and later flushed red, subglabrous; wings shorter than the keel; keel 4 mm long, angular, with a narrow twisted only slightly incurved beak.
Racemes 2–4 cm long, laxly 3–6-flowered, with a few other flowers developing in the axils below; bracts 1–2 mm long, linear; pedicels 2–4 mm long, without bracteoles.
Calyx 2–3 mm long, thinly appressed puberulous; upper lobes attenuate-triangular, 1.5 times as long as the tube.
Diminutive erect branching annual 15–25 cm tall; stem wiry, subglabrous.
Pod sessile, 3 mm long, ovoid-globose, minutely puberulous, 1–2-seeded.
Seeds 1.5 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth, with a prominent aril.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.25
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Crotalaria debilis world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899592-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210887
COL ID 6BHGF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria debilis