Lotononis maximiliani Schltr. ex De Wild.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lotononis

Characteristics

Sprawling annual, up to 0.8 m across, sparsely to densely hairy (except petals). Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets obovate to oblanceolate. Flowers 1(2), on slender peduncle, blue, often cleistogamous, calyx lobes equal, long, narrowly triangular, keel short. Pod broadly oblong, slightly inflated laterally, upper suture warty.
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Prostrate annual. Leaves 3-foliolate, thinly hairy, leaflets elliptic-obovate, closely hairy, stipules solitary or paired. Flowers solitary on short peduncles, blue, often cleistogamous.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Lotononis maximiliani world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503351-1
WFO ID wfo-0000211779
COL ID 3W7RD
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Synonyms

Lotononis maximiliani Lotononis maximiliana