Crotalaria phillipsiae Baker

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Type

N1, “Golis Range, Dara-as”, Lort Phillips s.n. (K holo.)

Morphology General Habit

Procumbent to ascending annual or short-lived perennial, up to 0.3–2 m tall; branches thinly pilose

Morphology Leaves Leaflets

Leaflets 3, the lower ones lanceolate to obovate, up to 24–36 x 16–23 mm, the upper ones usually lanceolate, up to 50–72 x 14 mm, glabrous above, thinly appressed pilose beneath; petiole up to 25–48 mm long

Morphology Leaves Stipules

Stipules narrow, 2–14 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes long-pedunculate, many-flowered, lax

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 5–7 mm long, glabrous to sparsely pubescent

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard cream or yellow, veined purplish, glabrous outside; keel rounded about the middle, 9–11 mm long, with a narrow incurved beak

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod 20–28 x 7–9 mm, glabrous to thinly puberulous, c. 30–40-seeded.

Distribution

N1, 2; C2; S1, 3; Ethiopia, Kenya

Ecology

Altitude range 175–1700 m.

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket, Somalia-Masai grasslands

Morphology General Habit

Annual, Not climbing, Herb

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit

Procumbent or usually weakly ascending annual or short-lived perennial, up to 3–7 dm. tall, laxly branched.

Morphology Stem

Stem thinly subappressed or spreading pilose.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets variable, with the lower ones elliptic to obovate, up to 24–36 mm. long, 16–23 mm. wide, and the upper ones lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, up to 50–72 mm. long and 14 mm. wide, glabrous above, thinly appressed pilose beneath; petiole up to 25–48 mm. long.

Morphology Leaves Stipules

Stipules subulate-caudate to linear-caudate, 2–14 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes long and slenderly pedunculate, up to 15–40 cm. long, with numerous laxly arranged flowers; bracts subulate-caudate, slightly expanded at the base, 2–4 mm. long; bracteoles inserted at the base of the calyx or just below, linear or subulate, 1–2·5 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 5–7 mm. long, glabrous to sparsely appressed pubescent; lobes narrowly acuminate-triangular, a little longer than the tube.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard obovate-elliptic, cream or yellow, veined reddish-purple, glabrous outside; wings shorter than the keel; keel strongly rounded about the middle, with a narrow sharp generally incurved beak, 9–11 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod very shortly stipitate, subcylindrical, slightly broadened towards the apex, (20–)24–28 mm. long, 7–9 mm. across, glabrous to thinly and shortly subappressed puberulous, ± 30–40-seeded.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Young seeds cordiform, rugulose, brown; mature seeds unknown.

Habitat

Acacia, Commiphora bushland; 390–1470 m.

Distribution

K1