Lotononis stenophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lotononis

Characteristics

Prostrate annual, up to 0.7 m across, with sparse minute appressed hairs (except petals). Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets oblong. Flowers 3-6(-8), on a long slender peduncle up to 135 mm long, yellow, calyx lobes broadly lanceolate, lowermost much narrower than others, keel beaked. Pod shortly oblong, much inflated.
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Prostrate or procumbent, woody annual, with bright yellow roots. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets linear-oblong, shortly hairy, stipules solitary. Flowers few on short peduncles, yellow.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Lotononis stenophylla world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1000960-1
WFO ID wfo-0001265558
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Synonyms

Crotalaria stenophylla Crotalaria ecklonis Lotononis stenophylla