Crotalaria glauca Willd.

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Crotalaria glauca

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Domboshawa

Crotalaria glauca

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Cleveland Dam

Crotalaria glauca

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Cleveland Dam

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Frequency: Frequent
Status: Native
Description:
Erect annual or short-lived perennial herb. Stems slender, mostly glabrous, sparsely branched. Leaves simple, up to 8.5 cm, linear to oblong-lanceolate, grey-green. Flowers pale yellow with brownish veins on the standard. Pods on a short stipe, 2.5-3.5 cm long, cylindric, glabrous.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: glauca: glaucous, bluish-green
Habitat: In a wide variety of habitats.
Altitude range: (metres) 400 - 1750 m
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Worldwide distribution:
Zimbabwe distribution: N,C,E
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17.

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 120 - 121.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria glauca
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria glauca
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Crotalaria glauca.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=127800, retrieved 28 March 2024

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