Lotononis involucrata (P.J.Bergius) Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lotononis

Characteristics

Geophytic perennial, with procumbent annual branches up to 0.1-0.3 m long, resprouting from a thick woody rootstock. Leaves mostly 3-foliolate (rarely 5-foliolate in SW Cape), leaflets oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, hairy. Flowers few, clustered on a slender peduncle, yellow, with standard dark-veined, > 20 mm long, calyx with upper and lateral lobes fused high up. Pod ovoid to broadly oblong, strongly inflated laterally, upper suture warty.
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Shrublet with procumbent branches from a thick, woody rootstock. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, leaflets linear to oblanceolate, thinly hairy, stipules paired. Flowers few, subumbellate on slender peduncles, yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Lotononis involucrata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Lotononis involucrata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503699-1
WFO ID wfo-0000186932
COL ID 3W7QL
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Synonyms

Lotus involucratus Lotononis involucrata Ononis involucrata Anthyllis involucrata Lipozygis involucrata Polylobium involucratum Crotalaria involucrata Lotononis tenuifolia var. tenuifolia

Lower taxons

Lotononis involucrata subsp. peduncularis Lotononis involucrata subsp. bracteata Lotononis involucrata subsp. digitata