Crotalaria leucoclada Baker

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 214 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Somalia. It is a perennial 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

Type
N1, “Golis” Range, Lort Phillips s.n. (K holo., P iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Bushy herb, 1–1.3 m tall; young stems tomentellous with white appressed hairs
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, elliptic to narrowly elliptic-obovate, 15–35 x 6–18 mm, glabrous except along midvein above, appressed puberulous beneath; petiole longer than the leaflets
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes lax, many-flowered; buds soon deflexed; bracteoles inserted at base of calyx, lanceolate or ovate, 2–3 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 7 mm long, thinly appressed puberulous; lobes slightly longer than tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, puberulous along the midvein outside; keel shortly rounded, 16–17 mm long, with a practically straight untwisted beak
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod c. 16 mm long, oblong, slightly curved, appressed pubescent outside, densely packed with long hairs inside, c. 12-seeded.
Distribution
N1 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range c. 1500 m.
Note
Only known by a couple of collections from the “Golis” Range and the “Wagga” Mt, made at the end of the 19th century.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

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
    • 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