Crotalaria friesii I.Verd.

First published in Bothalia 2: 405 (1928)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Zambia to Zimbabwe. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland, Zambezian grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Stems ultimately numerous from a woody rootstock, but flowering from first year of growth, procumbent to erect, 15–40(180) cm long, subterete, subappressed pubescent; rootstock vertical with rhizome-like branches from the top.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets (8)10–20(30) × (2)3–6(8) mm, mostly oblong-oblanceolate, appressed pubescent beneath; petiole 6–12(15) mm long; stipules 1–2 mm long, subulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes (3)7–15(20) cm long, laxly (4)8–16(24)-flowered; buds ascending; bracts 1–2(2.5) mm long, linear-lanceolate; bracteoles usually near top of the pedicel, 0.5–1.5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx (3.5)4.5–6 mm long, appressed pubescent; upper lobes narrowly triangular, 1.2–1.5 times as long as the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard elliptic, yellow, lined or flushed reddish and pubescent outside; wings oblong-obovate, ± as long as the keel; keel 9–11(12) mm long, angular, with a narrow twisted beak.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod subsessile, 10–14 × 5–7 mm, ellipsoid-oblong, pubescent, 10–12-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 2–2.5 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]

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

  • 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