Crotalaria alexandri Baker f.

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Val D'Or

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Domboshawa.

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Nhamadzi River, lower Chimanimani Mts.

Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2012
Photo: Lari Merret

Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Mar 2013
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Habit
Wooded grassland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
Apr 2024
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Flower
Wooded grassland
Kaputa GMA, Nsama District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:	Crotalaria buchananii Baker f. Crotalaria randii Baker f.
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Description:	Densely pilose, erect annual, 5-40 cm, branching from near the base. Leaves 3-foliolate with oblong-oblanceolate leaflets, hairy on both surfaces. Flowers in short axillary racemes, pale yellow, marked red near the base and on the veins. Pods sessile, c. 5 × 3 mm, oblong-ellipsoid, pilose.
Type location:	Kenya
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Flowering time:	Mar - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, southern Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Literature:	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) Pages 224 - 225. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 116. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 57. Polhill, R.M. (1982). Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Pages 367 - 368. (Includes a picture). Polhill, R.M. (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 224 - 225. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94.

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