Crotalaria rogersii Baker f.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Swan Drive, Alexandra Park
Habit
Dambo margin
Lilayi Lodge, Lusaka
Oct 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Dambo margin
Lilayi Lodge, Lusaka
Oct 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower Portrait
Dambo margin
Lilayi Lodge, Lusaka
Oct 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower Profile
Dambo margin
Lilayi Lodge, Lusaka
Oct 2019
Photo: Nick Wightman
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Erect perennial shrubby herb with many stems; growing up to 2 m, but mostly smaller. |
Type location:
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Zambia |
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Derivation of specific name:
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rogersii: named for the Reverend F.A. Rogers who collected the type specimen in Zambia in 1909 |
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Flowering time: | Aug - Nov |
Worldwide distribution:
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Tanzania, DRC, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi |
National distribution:
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N,C,S |
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Spot characters:
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Literature:
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Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 218.
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 47.
Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 136 - 137.
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Copyright:
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2025).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Crotalaria rogersii. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=128190, retrieved 4 April 2025
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