Crotalaria nitens Kunth
Fabaceae
| Collection Number | Neill, D 15892 |
| Collectors | David Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph |
| Identified By | D.A. Neill (ECUAMZ), 2020 |
| Source | S. Christoph |
| Date | 21 September 2007 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Zamora Chinchipe |
| canton | El Pangui |
| Location | Cordillera del Cóndor region. Upper Río Wawaime watershed, tributary of Río Quimi. Near site of proposed EcuaCorriente copper mine. Dense, wet cloud forest on steep slopes on substrate of mixed sandstone and clay soil. Dwarf forest on exposed ridges with higher quartzite sand content. 1320 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | S 03 34 43 W 078 26 07 |
| Note | Herb or shubshrub to 50 cm tall, in disturbed site, at roadside. Banner petal yellow on front side, salmon-colored on backside. Other petals yellow. Fruit inflated. |