Crotalaria ephemera Polhill

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Leaves all or almost all 3-foliolate, uppermost occasionally 1-foliolate; leaflets 5–20 × 2–10 mm, oblanceolate to oblong-elliptic or obovate, appressed pubescent beneath, sometimes above also; petiole 4–10 mm long, narrowly winged; stipules 0.
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Standard elliptic or oblong-obovate, yellow, lined reddish, densely puberulous outside; wings nearly as long as the keel; keel 4–5 mm long, angular, with a narrow twisted beak.
Flowers in small terminal heads or short racemes, also with a few flowers in the axils below; bracts 0.5–1.5 mm long, linear; pedicel 2–4 mm long, without bracteoles.
Calyx 2.5–3 mm long, appressed puberulous; upper lobes triangular, 2–3 times as long as the tube.
Small spreading annual; stem 5–10(15) cm tall, branching from the base, appressed pubescent.
Pod sessile, 3–3.5 mm long, ovoid-globose, appressed puberulous, 2-seeded.
Seeds 1.5 mm long, rounded-cordiform, smooth.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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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 ephemera world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488092-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210914
COL ID ZNG3
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria ephemera