Crotalaria quarrei Baker f.

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

Morphology General Habit

Small annual 5–10 cm tall, with numerous decumbent to shortly ascending branches from the base; stem slender, densely appressed pubescent.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, the uppermost often 1-foliolate; leaflets 5–16 × 3–8 mm, oblanceolate-elliptic to obovate, subacute to rounded at the apex, thinly pilose above, more densely so beneath; petiole 2–8 mm long; stipules 0.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers 6–20 in sessile to pedunculate heads or racemes, sometimes with a few flowers in the axils below; bracts 1–3 mm long, linear; pedicel 1.5–2.5 mm long, without obvious bracteoles.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 2.5–3 mm long, densely appressed pubescent; upper lobes triangular, 1–2 times as long as the tube.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard obovate, bright yellow, with red marks at the base inside, reddish lined and tomentellous outside; wings a little shorter than the keel; keel 3.5–4.5 mm long, angular, with a narrow twisted beak.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod sessile, 4–5 × 3–3.5 mm, ovoid-globose, pubescent, 12–16-seeded.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds 1 mm long, rounded-cordiform, smooth.