Crotalaria glauca
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| 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. |
| Type location: |
Ghana |
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| Derivation of specific name: | glauca: glaucous, bluish-green |
| Habitat: | In a wide variety of habitats. |
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| FZ divisions: | N,Z,MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 14 April 2010 |
| 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 117. |
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