Crotalaria axillifloroides Baker f. ex R.Wilczek

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 208 (1953)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. DR Congo to N. Zambia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, various authors. Flora Zambesiaca 3:7. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Erect annual, (15)30–75 cm tall, developing ascending branches from near the base upwards; stem densely silvery spreading pilose, the hairs 1–2 mm long and twisted when dried.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 8–20 × 2–7 mm, oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, pilose on both surfaces, ± silky beneath; petiole 2–4 mm long; stipules 0.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes sessile, 3–12 cm long, densely 12–60-flowered, with other flowers in the axils below; bracts leaf-like, 6–12 × 2–5 mm, elliptic-lanceolate; pedicels 1–2(3 in fruit) mm long; bracteoles 0.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 6–7 mm long, silky tomentose; lobes triangular-lanceolate, 2–3 times as long as the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard obovate, yellow, silky tomentose outside; wings as long as the keel; keel 6–8 mm long, subangular, with a narrow twisted beak hooked inwards at the tip.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod sessile, 6–7 × 4–5 mm, ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, silky pilose, 6–10-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 1.5–1.8 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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