Crotalaria meyeriana Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Low, spreading perennial, stems many, 0.1-0.3(-0.4) m long, mature vegetative parts with dense, long, soft, spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets elliptic-obovate, 8-20 mm long. Flowers 6-16, in lax racemes, yellow, standard reddish brown-veined, hairy along midrib of back, keel abruptly rounded slightly below middle, with a straight twisted beak. Pod ± sessile, oblong-elliptic.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Soil texture 5-8
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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 meyeriana world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488495-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210610
COL ID ZNSY
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Synonyms

Crotalaria meyeriana Crotalaria mollis