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Crotalaria aculeata
aculeata
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Habit
Disturbed roadside
Kabwe, Kabwe Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Disturbed roadside
Kabwe, Kabwe Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Disturbed roadside
Kabwe, Kabwe Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Disturbed roadside
Kabwe, Kabwe Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Pods
Disturbed roadside
Kabwe, Kabwe Distr.
Jan 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Crotalaria spinosa subsp. aculeata (De Wild.) Baker f. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect spiny short-lived perennial up to 1.5 m tall; branches pubescent; leaves clustered on short shoots, 3-foliolate; leaflets 0.5-2.5 x 0.2-1.2 cm, oblanceolate, truncate or emarginate, pubescent beneath, petioles up to 2.5 cm long; stipules 1-2 mm long, linear-subulate, recurved; flowers mostly solitary on spine tipped axes from short shoots all along the branches; bracts c. 1 mm, linear; calyx 3-5 mm long, lobes triangular, 1-2 times as long as tube; standard elliptic, yellow lined and later flushed reddish, densely pubescent on outside; wings as long as keel; keel 0.8-1.2 cm long, angular with a long narrow twisted beak; pod subsessile, 1-2.3 x 0.5-0.9 cm, oblong-obovoid to cylindrical, c. 10-28 seeded; seeds 2-2.5 mm long, obliquely cordiform, smooth, brown. Subsp. aculeata differs from subsp. claessensii with pods 1-1.5 cm long, 0.5-0.8 cm in dorsiventral diameter, 1.5-2.5 times as long as broad, oblong-obovoid to shortly oblong-clavate, distinctly broadened distally. |
| Type location: |
DRC |
| Notes: | Crotalaria aculeata subsp. aculeata is closely related to C. spinosa and C. kapiriensis differing chiefly in the size of the different plant parts. |
| Derivation of specific name: | aculeata: prickly, spiny |
| Habitat: | Grasslands, seasonally damp and disturbed places, probably spreading as a weed. |
| Altitude range: | 900 - 1700 m |
| Flowering time: | Apr - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania south through Malawi and Zambia as well as Madagascar. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,N,C,Lk,S,W |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 17 May 2022 |
| Literature: |
Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 186. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria aculeataBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria aculeata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crotalaria aculeata
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crotalaria aculeata
JSTOR Plant Science: Crotalaria aculeata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria aculeata
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