Crotalaria montanaRoxb. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Crotalaria albidaB.Heyne ex Roth [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Crotalaria linifolia
Crotalaria albida
Crotalaria montana
Flora
Entry for CROTALARIA montana A. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
CROTALARIA montanaA. Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Abyss. i. 152.
Information
Stem erect, 2 ft. high, branched, clothed with long ferruginous hairs. Stipules setaceous, long, acute, silky. Petioles about equalling the obovate leaflets, which are rounded at the apex, glabrous above, slightly pubescent beneath. Flowers in long-stalked 6–8-flowered lax elongate lateral and terminal racemes. Bracts linear; pedicels short; calyx densely clothed with long silky hairs, teeth linear-lanceolate. Corolla scarcely equalling the calyx, standard silky on the back. Pod 2 in. long, terete, cylindrical, very silky.