Fabaceae
Lotononis

Lotononis crumaniana Burch. ex Benth.

First published in London J. Bot. 2: 612 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Stems numerous from a slender branched perennial rootstock, prostrate to weakly ascending, up to 10–35 cm long, densely strigose-pubescent with slightly biramous hairs, the shorter ones closely appressed, the longer ones slightly spreading.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 8–20 × 2–5 mm, oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate, ± bluntly pointed, densely silky strigose on both surfaces with mostly longish straight slender silvery hairs; petiole shorter to longer than leaflets, longer on young and ascending shoots; stipules single at a node, 2–6 mm long, narrowly linear-elliptic.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers mostly 3–7 in nearly sessile leaf-opposed clusters; bracts 3–4 mm long, linear, exceeding the negligible pedicel; bracteoles absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 4–5.5 mm long, densely hairy; upper and lateral lobes joined to ± the same level, c. 2.5–3.5 mm long, triangular-subulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, ± as long as the calyx, ovate-trullate above a well developed basally dilated claw, pubescent along the midvein outside; wings a little shorter than the keel; keel 4–5 mm long, falcate into a distinct tapering beak, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 3–4 × 2–2.5 mm, almost half-elliptic to shortly oblong-ellipsoid, pubescent, 1–2-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 1.5 mm long, oblique-cordiform, minutely roughened, brown or mottled.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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