Biology:Crotalaria eremaea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Crotalaria |
| Species: | C. eremaea
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| Crotalaria eremaea | |
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Crotalaria dissitiflora Benth. | |
Crotalaria eremaea, also known as the bluebush pea or loose-flowered rattlepod, is a species of legume native to Australia and occurring in all mainland states and territories except for Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. [2][3]
Description
Crotalaria eremaea grows as a perennial herb or softwooded shrub up to 2m tall.[2][3][4] Stems are glabrous, tomentose or pubescent. Leaves are 1- or 3-foliate, with a larger terminal leaflet 10-80 mm long, and two smaller lateral leaflets less than 10 mm long or absent. Leaflets are pubescent and narrow-elliptic, oblong, or ovate, and are borne on petioles 18-45 mm long. [2][3][4]
Flowers are borne on a terminal raceme 6-40 cm long, with 15-30 flowers on each. Calyx is pubescent and around 5 mm long. Corolla is bright yellow and 10-20 mm long. Pods are narrow-obovate, 15-30 mm long, and contain yellow seeds around 3.5 mm long. [2][3]
Crotalaria eremaea grows in sandy soils across most of the inland of Australia. [2][5]
Taxonomy
Crotalaria eremaea was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller from a specimen collected by Augustus Charles Gregory near 'Cooper's River and its tributaries'.[6]
Two subspecies are currently accepted:
- Crotalaria eremaea F.Muell. subsp. eremaea
- Crotalaria eremaea subsp. strehlowii (E.Pritz.) A.T.Lee[3][5]
References
- ↑ "Australian Plant Name Index". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/85722/api/apni-format.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Crotalaria eremaea". https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Crotalaria~eremaea.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Fact sheet for Crotalaria eremaea". http://flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Crotalaria_eremaea.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Falster, D.; Gallagher, R.; et al. (2021). "AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora". Scientific Data. 8: 254. doi:10.1038/s41597-021-01006-6.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Crotalaria eremaea: Bluebush Pea". https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2887907.
- ↑ Mueller, Ferdinand von (1859). "Enumeration of plants collected by A.C. Gregory, esq., along and near Cooper's River and its tributaries in sub-central Australia". New South Wales - Parliamentary papers - Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, 1858-9 2.
Wikidata ☰ Q15448030 entry
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