Crotalaria lotoides Benth.

First published in London J. Bot. 2: 575 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

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

Morphology General Habit
Spreading or semidecumbent perennial, with a number of densely subappressed pubescent to patently pilose stems to 15–50 cm long.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 8–20 × 8–18 mm, obovate to subcircular, rounded to emarginate at apex, glabrous to thinly pilose above, pilose beneath; petioles shorter to longer than leaflets; stipules 2–5 mm long, subulate or linear.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes laxly 1–3(4)-flowered, with peduncle much longer than the rhachis; bracts 2–4 mm long, linear-lanceolate; bracteoles curved-ascending from upper part of pedicel, similar to bract.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 7–9 mm long, thinly pilose; lobes attenuately lanceolate-triangular, 4–5 times as long as the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard elliptic, yellow, ± flushed reddish, medially puberulous outside; wings 0.6–0.7(0.8) times as long as the keel; keel 8–11 mm long, abruptly rounded in lower half, with a practically straight beak, lanate-pubescent along upper margin.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 2.4–3.6 cm long, subcylindrical, practically sessile, somewhat pointed, pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 3 mm long, oblique-cordiform, rugulose, pale yellow to 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

  • 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