Crotalaria inyangensis
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| Status: | Native |
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Perennial herb. Stems prostrate up to 60 cm long, covered in short, stiff, mostly spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic-oblong to elliptic-obovate, 1-3 cm long, appressed puberulous beneath. Flowers in fairly dense racemes up to 15 cm long; bracts 2-4 mm long, linear, sometimes exceeding the pedicel. Standard elliptic to subcircular, yellow, lined and aging reddish-brown, puberulous outside; wings as long as the keel; keel 7-9 mm long, angular with a narrow twisted beak. Pods subsessile, ellipsoid-obovoid, 7-9 mm long, pubescent, 6-8-seeded. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | inyangensis: of the Nyanga (Inyanga) area of the Eastern Highlands |
| Habitat: | Grassland, sometimes in rocky places by streams. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1800 - 2200 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Restricted to the Highlands of Eastern Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | C,E |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 3 August 2013 |
| Literature: |
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 178 - 179. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. (1982). Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Pages 287 - 289. (Includes a picture). |
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