Crotalaria dedzana Polhill

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: threatened. Confidence: confident

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

Morphology General Habit

Erect perennial, 0.6–1 m tall, with short ascending branches above; branches slightly ribbed, covered with fine irregularly arranged hairs.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 5–15 × 2.5–5 mm, oblanceolate to obovate, sparsely hairy above, finely ± appressed pubescent beneath; petioles 3–10 mm long; stipules 1–2 mm long, subulate.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes 3–6(8) cm long, subdensely 8–16-flowered; bracts ± as long as the pedicel, 2.5–3 mm long, linear-lanceolate; bracteoles on the pedicel or calyx, 0.5–2 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 4–5 mm long, appressed pubescent; lobes acuminately triangular, 0.8–1.5 times as long as the tube.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard elliptic to subcircular, yellow, later lined and flushed orange-red, pubescent outside; wings ± as long as the keel; keel 7–8 mm long, angular, with a narrow twisted beak.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod shortly stipitate, 7–10 × 4–6 mm, obliquely oblong-obovoid, downy, 6–8-seeded.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds not seen.