Crotalaria nuda
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Lusaka W, Nosarka farm
May 1991
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Generally a slender erect branching annual 30‒90 cm tall, but sometimes a tufted suffrutex, glabrous. Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, uppermost generally 1-foliolate; leaflets 5‒18 x 1‒3.5 mm, linear-oblanceolate, obtuse to truncate; petiole 0.5‒2(4) mm long, stipules 0. Racemes 3‒12 cm long, 12‒30-flowered, generally lax, upper parts occasionally congested. |
| Type location: |
Zambia |
| Notes: | Widespread in Zambia; loss of habitat may be a threat |
| Derivation of specific name: | nuda: nude or glabrous, lacking hairs |
| Habitat: | Briefly flooded grassland on dolomite. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1150 - 1550 m |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Endemic to Zambia |
| FZ divisions: | N,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,Mc,C,Lk |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 26 September 2017 |
| Literature: |
Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 216 - 218. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 216 - 218. (Includes a picture). |
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