Crotalaria distantiflora Baker f.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 367 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ethiopia to NE. Tanzania. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland 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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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

Morphology General Habit
Short-lived perennial, with slender ascending or usually prostrate or decumbent stems, often forming mats.
Morphology Stem
Stems sparsely or rarely densely covered with spreading hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic or obovate-elliptic, up to 14–30 mm. long and 10–25 mm. wide, with few scattered hairs above, appressed pubescent beneath; petiole up to 13–23 mm. long.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules subulate, 1–2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes long and slenderly pedunculate, up to 7–16 cm. long, with few widely spaced flowers on the very slender rhachis; bracts subulate, up to 1–1·5 mm. long; bracteoles inserted at the base of the calyx, similar.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3·5–4·5 mm. long, thinly pubescent; lobes narrowly attenuate-triangular, a little longer than the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard broadly elliptic, yellow or flushed pink, veined and sometimes suffused brown or purplish, glabrous outside; wings shorter than the keel; keel strongly rounded about the middle, with a narrow slightly incurved untwisted beak, 6–7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod subsessile, oblong-ellipsoid, up to 13–16 mm. long, 4·5–7 mm. across, pubescent, ± 14–20-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds oblique-cordiform, ±2·5 mm. long, smooth, brown.
Habitat
Clearings and margins of upland rain-forest, evergreen bushland and upland grassland, also persisting on roadsides and cultivated ground; 850–1800 m.
Distribution
K7 T2 T3
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane grassland, Afromontane(upland) bushland and thicket.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19891818/20046060

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Sources

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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

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    • 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