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Crotalaria baumii
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Habit
Ruderal area among short grasses on Kalahari sand
School Compound, Mutondo area, Kaoma Distr.
Mar 2021
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Ruderal area among short grasses on Kalahari sand
School Compound, Mutondo area, Kaoma Distr.
Mar 2021
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Ruderal area among short grasses on Kalahari sand
School Compound, Mutondo area, Kaoma Distr.
Mar 2021
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Prostrate annual producing numerous slender stems radiating up to 40 cm long, appressed puberulous to finely spreading pubescent or glabrescent; leaves 3-foliolate, uppermost reduced and sometimes 1-foliolate; leaflets 5-13 x 3-11 mm, obovate to obovate-circular, rarely oblanceolate, appressed puberulous to finely pubescent beneath, rarely also above, pedicels 1-5 mm long; racemes 1-3 cm long, subumbelliform, 6-many flowered; bracts 1.5-3.5 mm long, linear to linear-spathulate, pedicel 2-3 mm long; calyx 2.5-4 mm long, densely pubecent, upper lobes triangular acuminate, 1.2-2 times as long as tube; standard obovate, yellow, ± densely pubescent on the upper half outside; wings a little shorter than the keel; keel 5-6 mm long, angular with a narrow twisted beak; pod sessile, 3-4 x 2.5-3 mm long, ovoid-globose, appressed pubesccent, 2-seeded; seeds 1.5-2 mm long, broadly cordiform, smooth. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | baumii : after Hugo Baum (1866-1950), German botanist and horticulturalist who participated in expeditions along the Cunene and Zambezi rivers where he made many collections. |
| Habitat: | Woodland on Kalahari Sand, pans or disturbed places in short grassland |
| Altitude range: | 1100 - 1150 m |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC (Katanga) and Zambia |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,W |
| Growth form(s): | Annual. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 5 May 2021 |
| Literature: |
Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 228. |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria baumiiBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria baumii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crotalaria baumii
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crotalaria baumii
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iNaturalist: Crotalaria baumii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crotalaria baumii
JSTOR Plant Science: Crotalaria baumii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria baumii
Plants of the World Online: Crotalaria baumii
Tropicos: Crotalaria baumii
Wikipedia: Crotalaria baumii
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