Crotalaria onobrychis A.Rich.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Leaves 3-foliolate, estipulate; leaflets mostly 2–6 × 0.4–2.5 cm, elliptic to narrowly elliptic-oblong, appressed puberulous beneath, sometimes also above; petiole shorter than the leaflets.
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Calyx 2–3 mm long, becoming basally truncate and deflexed against the pedicel, sparsely to conspicuously puberulous; lobes narrowly triangular, as long as the tube or shorter.
Racemes 2.5–14 cm long, shortly pedunculate, dense at first, elongating to sublax or lax; bracts 1–2.5 mm long, subulate-caudate; bracteoles at the base of the calyx, minute.
Standard subcircular to oblate, yellow veined purple; wings longer than the keel; keel 4–6 mm long, rounded, with a very short blunt beak.
Pod practically sessile, 1–1.4 × 0.4–0.5 cm, subcylindrical, subglabrous to appressed puberulous, 10–20-seeded.
Seeds 2–2.5 mm in diameter, subcircular-cordiform, minutely punctate, pale brown.
Erect annual, 14–40 cm tall; branches slender, appressed puberulous.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.14 - 0.4
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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 onobrychis world distribution map, present in Angola, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Sudan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488580-1
WFO ID wfo-0000209780
COL ID ZNVC
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Synonyms

Crotalaria onobrychis Crotalaria astragalinoides Crotalaria astragalina subsp. onobrychis Crotalaria impressa subsp. onobrychis