Crotalaria eremicola Baker f.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 42: 311 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mozambique to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; grassland., Zambezian grassland, Karroo-Namib grasslands
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172635601/176376608

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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, various authors. Flora Zambesiaca 3:7. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Perennial with a number of erect, slender, spiny stems from a taproot or small branched rootstock, 15–40 cm tall; branches strigulose to subappressed or crisped puberulous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 3–8 × 1–3.5 mm, oblanceolate to obovate, puberulous to strigose beneath; petiole 1–5 mm long; stipules 0.5–1.5 mm long, subulate or linear-lanceolate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers 1–2 on slender patent 0.5–1(1.5) cm long spines all along the branches; bracts 0.5–1 mm long, linear-lanceolate; bracteoles on the pedicel, small.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3–4 mm long, appressed puberulous; lobes triangular, 1–2 times as long as the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard obovate to oblate, yellow, subglabrous to pubescent on the upper half outside; wings nearly as long as the keel; keel 5–11 mm long, angular, with a narrow twisted beak.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod subsessile, 4–7 mm across, subglobose, appressed puberulous, 2–4-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 2 mm long, oblique-cordiform, rugulose, brown.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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

  • 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