Crotalaria ononoides Benth.

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Crotalaria ononoides

Habit
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Crotalaria ononoides

Inflorescence
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Crotalaria ononoides

Flowers
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Crotalaria ononoides

Pods
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Crotalaria ononoides

Habit
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

Crotalaria ononoides

Flowers
Degraded miombo woodland
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Mar 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Frequency: Occasional
Status: Native
Description:
Much branched spreading annual, procumbent or ascending, sometimes up to 0.5–1 m tall; branches pilose with subappressed or spreading hairs. Leaves shortly petiolate, 3-foliolate; leaflets mostly 2.5–5(6) × 0.8–1.8(2.4) cm, lanceolate to elliptic or obovate, the upper ones often longer and proportionally narrower, glabrous to sparsely pilose above, subappressed pilose beneath; stipules simple or 2–3(5)-fid, up to 5–13 mm long, with both the simple stipules and segments linear-subulate. Flowers numerous in sessile heads; bracts basally fused to the pedicel, spreading from just below the calyx, 3-fid with linear segments up to 10–13 mm long; bracteoles basally fused to the calyx tube, the free part directed forwards, 8–12 mm long, linear. Calyx 7–10(12) mm long, deeply divided, slightly 2-lipped, pilose; lobes subulate, caudate, 4–5 times as long as the tube. Standard elliptic-obovate to subcircular, yellow, finely veined or reddish flushed with age, glabrous except along the midvein outside; wings ± as long as the keel; keel 7–9 mm long, subangular, narrowly beaked. Pod sessile, 8–12 mm long, ellipsoid, glabrous except for a few hairs at the apex, 8–14-seeded. Seeds 1.5–2 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth, pale orange-brown.
Type location:
Sierra Leone
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: ononoides : Ononis-like, referring to the genus Ononis
Habitat: Grassland in dambos, flood plains, by rivers and in disturbed places
Altitude range: 1000 - 1700 m
Flowering time:Feb - May
Worldwide distribution: Widespread from West to East and south Central Africa
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,N,C,Lk,S
Growth form(s): Annual.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Tuesday 18 April 2023
Literature:

Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 130 - 131. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria ononoides
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria ononoides
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crotalaria ononoides
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crotalaria ononoides
JSTOR Plant Science: Crotalaria ononoides
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria ononoides
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Crotalaria ononoides.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=198200, retrieved 29 March 2024

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