Crotalaria minutissima Baker F.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Leaves sessile, simple; blades mostly 15–35 × (0.8)1–3 mm, linear or linear-oblanceolate, with the margins sometimes partially inrolled, the lower ones apparently always narrow, thinly appressed puberulous beneath; stipules 0.2–0.5 mm long, setaceous.
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Small erect annual, 10–35 cm tall, sometimes much branched; stem very slender, sparsely appressed puberulous.
Flowers and fruits similar to C.shirensis, but smaller.
Pod 6–7.5(8) × 1.8–2 mm, thinly puberulous.
Calyx 1.5–2 mm long.
Keel 3–4 mm long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.35
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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 minutissima world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488509-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210573
COL ID ZNT9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crotalaria minutissima