Crotalaria limosa Polhill

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, the uppermost sometimes 1-foliolate; leaflets 5–12 × 1–3 mm, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, mostly obtuse, thinly puberulous beneath; petiole 0.5–1.5 mm long; stipules 0.
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Standard obovate-circular, bright yellow, glabrous or nearly so; wings nearly as long as the keel; keel 6 mm long, angular, with a narrow twisted beak only slightly incurved at the tip.
Racemes 2–4 cm long, subumbellate with a few laxly inserted flowers below, 6–12-flowered; bracts 1–2 mm long, linear; pedicel 3–5 mm long, sometimes with setaceous bracteoles.
Erect branching annual 30–40 cm tall; branches ascending, slender, appressed puberulous, glabrescent.
Pod sessile, 5 × 3 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid or shortly oblong-ellipsoid, puberulous, 1–2-seeded.
Calyx 3–3.5 mm long, puberulous; lobes attenuate-triangular, twice as long as the tube.
Seeds 2 mm across, rounded-cordiform, smooth, arillate.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.4
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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
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Crotalaria limosa world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899615-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210874
COL ID ZNPY
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria limosa