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Crotalaria anisophylla
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Crotalaria hislopii Corbishley |
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| Status: | Native |
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Erect annual herb, up to 50 cm; lower branches often procumbent. Leaves simple, linear to linear-lanceolate, blue-green. Flowers blue to violet. Pods swollen, blue green. |
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| Habitat: | A species of grassland and woodland, often on damp, disturbed or sandy soil. |
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| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 217. 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 46. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 119. |
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