Crotalaria lanceolata
lanceolata
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On ridge above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique.
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On ridge above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
On ridge above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
On ridge above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique.
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Chironde Camp, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
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Chironde Camp, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
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Chironde Camp, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
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Chironde Camp, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chironde Camp, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
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Chironde Camp, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
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| Synonyms: |
Crotalaria mossambicensis Klotzsch |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect annual or short-lived perennial herb, up to 1.7 m tall. Stems with some ascending branches, ribbed, appressed hairy, particularly when young. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, usually up to c. 11 cm long, thinly appressed puberulous below. Flowers in long many-flowered racemes. Standard yellow with reddish-purple veining on the outside. Keel shallowly rounded at the middle with a short incurved beak, shorter than the wings. Pod subsessile, cylindrical, up to 3.8 × 0.6 cm, sometimes, curved at the tip, appressed puberulous. |
| Type location: |
South Africa and Mozambique |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | lanceolata: lanceolate or spear-shaped, referring to the shape of the leaflets. |
| Habitat: | In open woodland, grassland and disturbed places, sometimes in moist places. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 0 - 1450 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa as far as the Eastern Cape, and Madagascar. |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z,MS,GI,M |
| 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: | Thursday 28 December 2017 |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 90. As Crotalaria lanceolata (Includes a picture). 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 140 - 141. |
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