Crotalaria orientalis Burtt Davy ex I.Verd.

First published in Bothalia 2: 417 (1928)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to S. Africa. It is a perennial, subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect virgate herb or subshrub, 0.4–1 m tall; branches glaucous, ribbed, subglabrous to sparsely strigulose.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves all 1-foliolate or a few middle ones 3-foliolate, estipulate; leaflets 7–50 × 0.8–9 mm, linear to linear-lanceolate or -oblanceolate, with basal lateral nerves ascending well into the upper half; petioles mostly 6–18 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes laxly 6–12-flowered; bracts 1–4 mm long, linear to linear-lanceolate; bracteoles variously inserted on the 6–10 mm long pedicel, small.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5–7 mm long, glabrous to sparsely puberulous; lobes subulate to narrowly triangular-acuminate, ± as long as the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard whitish inside, white or yellow and lined reddish-brown outside, glabrous to pubescent; wings yellow, shorter than the keel; keel (1.3)1.4–1.7 cm long, angled in the lower part with a long straight beak, darker at the tip.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod subsessile, 10–16 × 6–7 mm, oblong-ellipsoid to shortly cylindrical, 4–8-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 3 mm long, oblique-cordiform, papillate, 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]

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
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  • 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