Crotalaria ringoetii
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Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Jun 2013
Photo: Lari Merret
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Widespread |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect laxly branching annual 0.2‒1 m tall; stem slender, appressed puberulous. Leaves 1-foliolate, becoming narrow higher up the stem. Racemes 5‒25 cm long, laxly many-flowered, with a few other flowers developing in the axils lower down the stem. Pod sessile, ovoid-globose, 2-seeded. |
| Type location: |
DRC, Katanga |
| Notes: | Bingham 11001, Dunrobin Mine, identified as C. kipilaensis R. Wilczek, probably belongs here. C. kipilaensis is mostly 3-foliolate “uppermost occasionally 1-foliolate”. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Miombo woodland, persisting in disturbed places. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1050 - 1650 m |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | FZ distribution: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique; also D.R. Congo (Katanga) |
| FZ divisions: | N,W,C,E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N,Mc,E,C |
| 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 |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 19 September 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. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 219 - 220. Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 219 - 220. |
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