Lotononis maculata Dummer

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lotononis

Characteristics

Prostrate, densely leafy, short-lived perennial, < 150 mm across. Leaves 3-foliolate, on slender petiole exceeding terminal leaflet, leaflets narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, densely silky-strigillose. Flowers 1 per node, subsessile, yellow, calyx with lobes as long as tube. Pod obliquely ovate-orbicular, compressed, hardly exceeding calyx.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Lotononis maculata world distribution map, present in South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0000211773
COL ID 3W7R7
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Synonyms

Lotononis maculata