Crotalaria florida
florida
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Habit
Degraded Kalahari scrubland
Likwaka, Kaoma District
Jan 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Degraded Kalahari scrubland
Likwaka, Kaoma District
Jan 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Degraded Kalahari scrubland
Likwaka, Kaoma District
Jan 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Degraded Kalahari scrubland
Likwaka, Kaoma District
Jan 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Subshrub, several-stemmed from a woody rootstock, (0.1)0.5–1.2 m tall, developing numerous shortish flowering branches above; branches ribbed, densely strigulose with frequently brown-based hairs, sometimes with slightly longer hairs interspersed. Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, uppermost sometimes 1-foliolate; leaflets 5–22 × 2–10 mm, oblong-oblanceolate to oblong-obovate or obovate, slightly coriaceous, densely strigulose or strigose-puberulent beneath; petiole 3–15(20) mm long, channelled; stipules 0. Primary racemes 2–5 cm long, ± laxly 6–10-flowered, with numerous shorter inflorescences developed on lateral branches and in the axils. Calyx 4–5 mm long, densely strigulose or strigose-puberulent; lobes acuminately or attenuately triangular, 0.8–2 times as long as the tube, often slightly involute, ± lanate inside (particularly the lower one). Standard elliptic-obovate to obovate, yellow, sometimes lined brown, glabrous or nearly so outside; wings as long as the keel or a little shorter; keel 8–11 mm long, angular, with a narrow twisted beak, slightly incurved at the tip. Pods subsessile, 6–8 × 4–6 mm, ovoid-globose, pointed, strigose-puberulent, 2-seeded. Seeds 2–2.5 mm long, rounded-cordiform, smooth, dark, with a small aril. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | Annual or Herbaceous Perennial |
| Derivation of specific name: | florida: flowery or an abundance of flowers, a reference to the floriferous nature of the species. |
| Habitat: | Miombo woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Apr(-Sep) |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Zambia and Tanzania |
| FZ divisions: | B,N,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N,C,W |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 8 May 2025 |
| Literature: |
Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 193 - 195. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crotalaria floridaAfrican Plant Database: Crotalaria florida
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crotalaria florida
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crotalaria florida
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Crotalaria florida
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iNaturalist: Crotalaria florida
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crotalaria florida
JSTOR Plant Science: Crotalaria florida
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crotalaria florida
Plants of the World Online: Crotalaria florida
Tropicos: Crotalaria florida
Wikipedia: Crotalaria florida