Leobordea quinata (E.Mey.) B.-e.van Wyk & Boatwr.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Leobordea

Characteristics

Prostrate, matforming shrublet, stems up to 0.1 m long, basally thick and woody, ± glabrous to minutely hairy or densely silky. Leaves mainly 5-foliolate, on long slender petioles, leaflets narrowly linear, glabrescent with age. Flowers 1-4, in short congested racemes, yellow, calyx with upper and lateral lobes fused high up, standard glabrous or minutely hairy along midline of back. Pod stalked, oblong, slightly inflated.
More
Pusilla, prostrata, tenuissime sericeo-canescens, stipulis parvis solitariis, foliolis minutis cuneato-oblongis, floribus solitariis geminisve oppositifoliis subsessilibus, calycis lacinia infima caeteris paullo minore, vexillo obovato-oblongo dorso medio sericeo carinam oblongam obtusam subsequante, legumine compresso demum vix turgido calyce duplo longiore adpresse puberulo.
Life form -
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Leobordea quinata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77110692-1
WFO ID wfo-0000749713
COL ID 72NZ4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lotononis quinata Polylobium quinatum Lotononis delicatula Leobordea quinata Crotalaria quinata Ononis quinata Lipozygis quinata Lotononis quinata var. minor