Crotalaria aegyptiaca Benth.

First published in London J. Bot. 2: 473 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Egypt to India and N. Somalia. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Shrublet to 60 cm tall, usually almost leafless when in flower; stems usually appressed pubescent, ribbed
Morphology Leaves
Leaves simple; blade ovate, oblong-elliptic or obovate, 2–8 x 1.5–3 mm, pubescent on both surfaces
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes lax, 3–10-flowered, the rhachis becoming ± spinescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5–8 mm long, appressed pubescent, 2-lipped; lobes 2–2.5 times as long as the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, lined or flushed brown, glabrous; keel angular, (5–)6–9(–10) mm, with a straight circumflexed beak
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod ellipsoid, 8–12 x 5–7 mm, glabrous, 2–6-seeded.
Distribution
N1–3; Egypt, Israel, Arabia
Ecology
Altitude range: up to 270 m.
Vernacular
Geeldabar (Somali).
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai shrubland, Sahara regional transition zone: desert., Somalia-Masai region; desert.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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