Crotalaria stolzii (Baker F.) Milne-redh. ex Polhill

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

Straggling slightly woody perennial herb, 1–3 m. tall, laxly branched.. Branches sparsely appressed puberulous, glabrescent.. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets oblanceolate, up to 20–29 mm. long, 4–10 mm. wide, glabrous above, sparsely appressed puberulous beneath, with reticulate venation conspicuous on both surfaces; petiole up to 10–13 mm. long.. Stipules foliaceous, ovate, cordate, up to 15–22 mm. long, 6–12 mm. wide, subequal-sided, sub-glabrous.. Racemes somewhat lax, up to 5–14 cm. long, ± 5–20-flowered; bracts spathulate, acuminate, up to 7 mm. long, early caducous; bracteoles inserted on the pedicel, filiform, up to 3 mm. long, caducous.. Calyx 7–8 mm. long, appressed puberulous; upper lobes attenuately triangular, as long as to longer than the tube.. Standard suborbicular, bright yellow, glabrous outside; wings as long as the keel; keel somewhat angled about the middle, with an acute slightly incurved untwisted beak, 11–13 mm. long, shortly but conspicuously white ciliate-lanate along the upper margin.. Pod shortly stipitate, subcylindrical, slightly compressed laterally, narrowed at either end, up to 16–18 mm. long, 5–8 mm. in dorsi-ventral diameter, glabrous, ± 6–8-seeded.. Seeds oblique-cordiform, ± 2·5 mm. long, minutely punctate, greenish-brown.
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Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets mostly 1.5–3 × 0.4–1 cm, oblanceolate, sparsely puberulous beneath; petiole shorter than leaflets; stipules leaf-like, (10)15–25 × 6–15 mm, ovate-or lanceolate-cordate, subequal-sided.
Standard subcircular, bright yellow, glabrous outside; wings as long as keel; keel 10–13 cm long, somewhat angled about the middle with a pointed slightly incurved beak, ciliate-lanate along upper edge.
Pod mostly 16–18 × 5–8 mm, shortly stipitate, ± oblong, slightly compressed laterally, narrowed at either end, glabrous, mostly 6–8-seeded.
Calyx 7–8 mm long, appressed puberulous; lobes attenuately triangular, as long as to longer than the tube.
Racemes sublaxly 12–20-flowered; bracts up to 7 mm long, spathulate, acuminate, early caducous.
Straggling slightly woody herb ascending to 1–3 m, with lax spreading glabrescent branches.
Seeds c. 2.5 mm long, oblique-cordiform, minutely punctate, greenish-brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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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 stolzii world distribution map, present in Angola, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488913-1
WFO ID wfo-0000207296
COL ID 6BJ4P
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Synonyms

Crotalaria stolzii Crotalaria xanthoclada var. stolzii