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Synonyms: |
Crotalaria bongensis Baker f. var. shirensis Baker f. |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small erect annual, 5‒25(40) cm tall, sometimes much branched; stem very slender, with small scattered appressed or spreading hairs. Leaves subsessile, simple, blades mostly linear-oblong to narrowly elliptic, the basal ones often broader, elliptic to ovate. Racemes slenderly pedunculate, lax, mostly 1‒3-flowered. Pod 8‒13 x 2‒3 mm, sessile, narrowly cylindrical, sparsely pubescent, c. 15‒20-seeded. |
Type location: |
Malawi |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | shirensis: of the Shire Highlands in Malawi, where Buchanan collected the type specimen. |
Habitat: | On sandy and clay soils in miombo woodland, short grassland and disturbed places, often in soil pockets on rocky outcrops |
Altitude range: | |
Flowering time: | Mar |
Worldwide distribution: | FZ distribution: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Global: Cameroon, Central African Republic, D.R. Congo, Burundi, Kenya, to Zimbabwe and Angola |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C,E |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N,E,Lk |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Tuesday 24 October 2017 |
Literature: |
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 162 - 164. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 59. Polhill, R.M. (1982). Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Pages 242 - 243. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 162 - 164. (Includes a picture). |
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