Crotalaria lukafuensis De Wild.

First published in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 184 (1903)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. DR Congo to W. Zambia. 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: Zambezian woodland, Zambezian grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[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: threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, developing a slender rhizomatous rootstock, but flowering from first year of growth; stems erect, 25–70 cm tall, branching above, densely spreading pilose, the hairs 1–2 mm long and twisted when dry.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves almost all 3-foliolate, uppermost grading to bracts; leaflets 8–25 × 1–4 mm, linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, pointed, sparsely pilose above, silky pilose beneath; petiole 1–3 mm long; stipules 0.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes sessile, short, dense, 12–30-flowered; bracts 5–7 mm long, lanceolate; bracteoles on the pedicel, setaceous to linear.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5–6(7) mm long, silky tomentose; upper lobes broadly triangular, slightly acuminate, 1–1.5 times as long as the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard broadly obovate, yellow, silky tomentose outside; wings and standard longer than the keel; keel subangular, with a twisted slightly incurved beak, 6–7.5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod sessile, 7 × 4 mm, oblong-ellipsoid, pilose, 6–10-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 1.5 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth.
[FZ]

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • 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