Crotalaria bernieri Baill.

First published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 444 (1885)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Mozambique, Comoros, N. Madagascar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Erect laxly branched annual, up to 3–7 dm. tall.
Morphology Stem
Stem thinly appressed puberulous, glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, up to 40–65 mm. long, 4–7 mm. wide, bluntly pointed or rounded and apiculate, cuneate, glabrous above, appressed puberulous beneath; petiole 15–30 mm. long.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes long-pedunculate, up to 8–15 cm. long, with generally numerous flowers towards the top; bracts subulate, triangular-caudate or filiform, ± 1 mm. long; bracteoles inserted at the base of the calyx, minute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx becoming basally truncate and deflexed against the pedicel, 1·5–2·5 mm. long, appressed puberulous; lobes triangular-acuminate, much shorter than the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard suborbicular, pale yellow, veined reddish-brown or purple, glabrous outside; wings longer than the keel; keel rounded about the middle, with a very short slightly incurved blunt untwisted beak, 4–4·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod sessile, ellipsoid-cylindrical, 20–23 mm. long, 6–8 mm. across, puberulous, ± 30–40-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds oblong-reniform, 2–2·5 mm. long, smooth, mauve, pale brown or orange-red.
Habitat
Grassland, sometimes of seasonally inundated flood-plains, swamp margins, coral crags and foreshore; 0–960 m.
Distribution
K7 P T3 T6 U2 Z
[FTEA]

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect laxly branched annual 20–70(100) cm tall; branches thinly appressed puberulous, glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate, estipulate; leaflets mostly 3–6.5 × 0.4–1.2 cm, linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, thinly appressed puberulous beneath; petiole much shorter than the leaflets.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 5–15 cm long, often long-pedunculate, with numerous flowers crowded above; bracts 0.5–2 mm long, subulate or triangular-caudate; bracteoles at the base of the calyx, smaller.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1.5–2.5 mm long, becoming basally truncate and deflexed against the pedicel, appressed puberulous; lobes triangular, slightly acuminate, shorter than the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard oblate, pale yellow, veined reddish-brown or purple; wings longer than the keel; keel 4–5 mm long, rounded about the middle, with a very short blunt slightly incurved beak.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod subsessile, 2–2.5 × 0.6–0.8 cm, ellipsoid-cylindrical, puberulous, 20–40-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 2–2.5 mm long, oblong-reniform, smooth, mauve, pale brown or orange-red.
[FZ]

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]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands, Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland., Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone - grassland., Zambezian grassland
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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