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Crotalaria natalitia var. procumbens Baker Crotalaria natalitia var. pseudo-rhodesiae Merxm |
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Prostrate perennial with many radiating stems; leaves 3-foliolate, petiolate with petioles shorter than leaflets; leaflets, (1)1.5-3.2 × (0.4)0.6-1.5 cm, oblanceolate, oblanceolate-elliptic or obovate, appressed puberulus beneath; stipules (3)5-10 mm long, shortly stalked, linear to lanceolate-falcate, markedly unequal-sided; racemes up to 7 cm long and laxly 3-8-flowered, bracts up to 3 mm long, subulate or filiform; calyx 8-11(13) mm long, appressed puberulus, lobes narrowly attenuate-triangular, longer than tube; standard subcircular, yellow, often reddish tinged outside fading to orange, glabrous outside; wings broadly oblong, exceeding the keel; keel 11-13 mm long, abruptly rounded in the lower half and tapering gradually into a short straight blunt beak that is lanate (hairy) towards the upper edge; pod subsessile, 20-27 × 8-10 mm, cylindrical, with scattered hairs or pubescent only along upper side; seeds 3-3.5 mm long, oblong-reniform, with a small aril, finely granulate or smooth, orange, red or pale yellow. |
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Zambia, Kalomo |
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Derivation of specific name: | rhodesiae: of Rhodesia, an old name for Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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Flowering time: | Apr - Sep |
Worldwide distribution: | Southern Tanzania and Zambia south through Malawi and Zimbabwe to Northern Province of South Africa. |
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Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 156. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 218. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 47. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 103 - 104. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 63. |
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