Crotalaria ochroleuca
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Val D'Or
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect annual or short-lived perennial herb, up to 2.5 m. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets linear to linear-lanceolate with appressed hairs on the under surface. Flowers in long laxly-flowered racemes, pale yellow-cream, veined with maroon. The keel with a long projecting beak. Pod broadly cylindric with short appressed hairs. |
| Type location: |
São Tomé |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ochroleuca: yellowish-white |
| Habitat: | In damp grass, rivers, floodplain, vleis and road sides. Occasionally as a weed of cultivation. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1750 m |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | |
| FZ divisions: | N,W,C,E |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 4 June 2006 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 32 - 33. (Includes a picture). 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 137 - 139. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 119. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 63. Troupin, G. (1983). Fabaceae (Papilionaceae) Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 144. |
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