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Synonyms: |
Crotalaria buchananii Baker f. Crotalaria randii Baker f. |
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Frequency: | Frequent |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Densely pilose, erect annual, 5-40 cm, branching from near the base. Leaves 3-foliolate with oblong-oblanceolate leaflets, hairy on both surfaces. Flowers in short axillary racemes, pale yellow, marked red near the base and on the veins. Pods sessile, c. 5 × 3 mm, oblong-ellipsoid, pilose. |
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Habitat: | In short grassland and open miombo woodland, often in disturbed places. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1750 m |
Flowering time: | Mar - Apr |
Worldwide distribution: | Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, southern Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 31 March 2007 |
Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 217. 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 46. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 224 - 225. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 57. Polhill, R.M. (1982). Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Pages 367 - 368. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 224 - 225. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94. |
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