Crotalaria dura J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans

First published in J. Bot. 35: 487 (1897)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique to Cape Prov. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Virgate perennial herb or subshrub with a number of ascending stems to 60 cm tall, branched above, appressed pubescent to tomentellous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves shortly petiolate, 3-foliolate; leaflets mostly 8–25 × 3–10 mm, narrowly oblong-elliptic to elliptic or oblanceolate to obovate, appressed pubescent to sericeous at least beneath; stipules narrow, variously developed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes mostly well developed, with a number of flowers laxly to rather closely arranged towards the top; bracts 2–6 mm long, linear to linear-lanceolate; bracteoles on upper part of the pedicel, small, filiform.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 6–7 mm long, appressed pubescent; lobes narrowly attenuate-triangular, longer than the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard elliptic or elliptic-obovate, yellow, glabrous or with small scattered hairs near the apex outside; wings a little shorter than the keel; keel 7.5–8.5 mm long, strongly rounded and crested behind the small beak.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 8–11 mm long, shortly stipitate, obliquely obovoid to oblong-ellipsoid, sericeous, 2–4-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 3.5 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth, brown.
[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: Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone - grassland.
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Sources

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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

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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/
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