Crotalaria excisa (Thunb.) Baker F.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Sprawling perennial, stems slender, 0.1-0.25 m long, from a woody rootstock, mature vegetative parts hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets oblanceolate, elliptic or obovate, 6-18(-25) mm long, petioles long. Flowers 1 or 2(-4), on slender peduncles, large, up to 20 mm long, golden-yellow, standard usually longer than broad, glabrous on back, keel 9-14 mm long and abruptly rounded below middle, with an obliquely projecting twisted beak. Pod shortly stalked, oblong-club-shaped, 20-25 mm long.
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Decumbent, sprawling subshrub with woody rootstock, 10-15 cm. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets obovate, thinly hairy, petiole ± as long as leaflets, stipules linear-awl-shaped. Flowers 1 or 2 on slender peduncles, yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-8
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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

Crotalaria excisa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488109-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210611
COL ID ZNGL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria excisa Lotononis diffusa Crotalaria diffusa Ononis excisa Crotalaria eckloniana Crotalaria thunbergiana Crotalaria excisa subsp. excisa

Lower taxons

Crotalaria excisa subsp. namaquensis