Crotalaria albicaulis Franch.

First published in Sert. Somal.: 26 (1882)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Ethiopia to N. Somalia. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[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]

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

Type
N Somalia, without precise locality, Révoil s.n. (P holo.)
Morphology General Habit
Shrubby perennial, 0.2–1 m tall; branches white tomentellous
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3(–4), elliptic-obovate, mostly 25–40 x 12–20 mm, glaucous, ± densely covered with short white appressed hairs beneath; petioles ± as long as the leaflets
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes rather dense, many-flowered; bracts caducous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx becoming basally truncate and deflexed against the pedicel, 5–6 mm long, densely white pubescent; lobes a little longer than the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard purplish; wings usually yellow; keel strongly rounded, 9–11 mm long, purple, with a rather broad blunt incurved beak
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 16–22 x 8–10 mm, tomentellous, 6–12-seeded.
Distribution
N1–3; Ethiopia
Ecology
Altitude range 800–1640 m.
Vernacular
Casuuro, dharjo, dharjo madow (Somali).
[FSOM]

Sources

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

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

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • 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