Crotalaria microphylla Vahl

First published in Symb. Bot. 1: 52 (1790)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Verde to Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual 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
Prostrate or ascending annual; stems many, slender, puberulous with stiff appressed white hairs
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets (1–)3, linear to oblanceolate or obovate, 3–25(–30) x 2–5 mm, puberulous beneath; petioles shorter than the leaflets
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules 1–2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers 1–2(–3), leaf-opposed on a short slender axis
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx (3–)3.5–5 mm long, thinly puberulous; lobes nearly twice as long as the tube
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard pale yellow, veined and sometimes flushed reddish, puberulous medially outside; keel subangular in the lower part, 6–10 mm long, with a rather long straight beak
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 12–15 x 6–8 mm, thinly puberulous, c. 20–30-seeded.
Distribution
N1, 2; C1 Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, Arabia and westwards to Mauritania
Ecology
Altitude up to 330 m.
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Sahel regional transition zone; grassland, Somalia-Masai grasslands
Morphology General Habit
Annual, 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: 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

  • 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