Crotalaria

Crotalaria persica (Burm.f.) Merr.

First published in Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 354 (1921)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa to Pakistan. It is a subshrub or perennial 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
Low intricately branched deciduous shrublet
Morphology General Indumentum
Branchlets and inflorescence-rhachides weakly spine-tipped, appressed puberulous with stiff white hairs
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3 or the upper leaves reduced, linear to oblong-elliptic, mostly 10–25 x 1–5 mm, shortly appressed pubescent on both surfaces; petiole up to 4 cm long
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules up to 1.5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes numerous, very laxly few-flowered
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 4–5 mm long, appressed puberulous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard bright yellow veined purplish, glabrous to medially puberulous; keel rounded, 5–6 mm long, obtuse to shortly beaked
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod drawn out into a long stylar beak, 10–15 mm long, densely pubescent, 2–4-seeded.
Distribution
N1–3; Djibouti, Eritrea, Socotra, Arabia, Iran
Ecology
Near the coast.
[FSOM]

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: Somalia-Masai shrubland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

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