Crotalaria impressa Nees ex Walp.

First published in Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 590 (1842)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa, Yemen. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Herb, 15–100 cm tall; branches ± sparsely appressed puberulous
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, mostly linear to narrowly elliptic-oblong, mostly 10–45 x 3–8 mm, appressed puberulous beneath, sometimes also above; petioles mostly shorter than the leaflets
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes 1–8 cm long with flowers crowded on a relatively long peduncle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx becoming basally truncate and deflexed against the pedicel, 2.5–3 mm long, appressed puberulous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow with purplish veins; keel strongly rounded, 3.5–4 mm long, with a sharp incurved beak
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 10–15 x 4–5 mm, appressed puberulous, 12–18-seeded.
Distribution
N2; Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
Ecology
Altitude range 1300 m.
Note
First record for Somalia. The Somali plants have decumbent stems and appear to be short-lived perennials.
[FSOM]

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: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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