Lotononis arenicola Schltr. ex De Wild.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lotononis

Characteristics

Prostrate, densely silky, silvery-haired annual, up to 0.4 m across. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets obovate to obcordate, small, apex notched. Flower 1, not pedunculate, yellow, rarely orange or fading pinkish, calyx lobes narrowly triangular, lowermost narrowest, wings with some hairs along lower edge, keel beaked. Pod oblong, slightly inflated laterally.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Lotononis arenicola world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503258-1
WFO ID wfo-0000211690
COL ID 3W7N9
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Synonyms

Lotononis arenicola Crotalaria arenicola Crotalaria arenicola