Crotalaria goreensis
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Sioma
Apr 2014
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Sioma
Apr 2014
Photo: Mike Bingham
Sable Farm (David Gordon), Chisamba
Apr 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual or short-lived perennial 0.3‒2.6 m tall; branches densely pubescent with appressed to slightly spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets variable; stipules leaf-like, with main nerve markedly eccentric. Racemes 4‒24 cm long, with many flowers crowded at least toward the top. Ovary and pod uniformly hairy. Pods subsessile, oblong-ellipsoid, pubescent, 12‒16-seeded. |
| Type location: |
Senegal |
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| Habitat: | Grassland and disturbed places, former cultivation. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 20 - 1950 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | B,N,W,C,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,Lp,E,Lk,S,W |
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| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 18 September 2017 |
| Literature: |
Bolnick, D. (2007). A Guide to the Common Wild Flowers of Zambia and Neighbouring Regions Revised Edition. WECS, Lusaka, Zambia Page 10. Image: plate 31. (Includes a picture). 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 104 - 105. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 118. Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 104 - 105. |
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