Crotalaria spinosa Hochst. ex Benth.

First published in London J. Bot. 2: 576 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai grasslands, Afromontane grassland, Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands, Zambezian grassland
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

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

Note
Similar to C. aculeata but smaller in all parts.
Morphology General Habit
Erect or spreading annual or short-lived perennial, 0.2–0.8 m tall.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets mostly 4–15 × 1–4 mm, oblanceolate to obtriangular, truncate or emarginate; petioles c. 2–8 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 2.5–3 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Keel 4–6 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 7.5–9 × 3.5–5 mm, oblong-obovoid, c. 6–8-seeded.
[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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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