Fabaceae
Crotalaria
Crotalaria incana

Crotalaria incana subsp. purpurascens (Lam.) Milne-Redh.

First published in Kew Bull. 15: 159 (1961)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, SW. India. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Annual or short-lived perennial, up to c. 1.5 m tall; stems pilose with spreading hairs
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, narrowly obovate to suborbicular, glabrous above, thinly pilose beneath
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules filiform
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes lax
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx deflexed against the pedicel, 7–11 mm long; pilose with spreading hairs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard elliptic, yellow and purplish veined; keel bent at right-angles in the lower half, 8–11.5 mm long, with a straight untwisted beak
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod spreading pilose, c. 40–50-seeded.
Distribution
N2 widespread in tropical Africa, and in Madagascar.
Ecology
Altitude range c. 1300 m.
Note
First record for Somalia (near Markat at 10°59’N, 48°30’E).
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0