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Crotalaria peduncularis

Crotalaria peduncularis is a small leguminous herb or subshrub from southwestern India, in the pea and bean family. Little is documented about its cultivation, so care advice here is general to crotalarias.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately when the topsoil is dry; tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or lightly fertile soil.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. India
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Crotalaria peduncularis is a species of herbaceous plant in the subfamily Faboideae. It is found in India.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crotalaria peduncularis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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