Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria flavicarinata Baker f.

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 437 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zambia to Namibia. It is a perennial or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect herb or short-lived shrub, 0.6–2 m tall; branches somewhat angular, ribbed, shortly hairy, glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 1.5–6 × 0.5–3 cm, elliptic to oblong-obovate, shortly and often sparsely hairy at least beneath; petiole shorter than the leaflets; stipules 1–3(4) mm long, linear-subulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes lax, 8–30-flowered; bracts 1–2 mm long, linear or subulate; bracteoles on the pedicel, smaller.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 4.5–6 mm long, puberulous; lobes subulate or narrowly triangular-acuminate, shorter than the tube, reflexed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard elliptic, greenish-white, lined reddish-purple, subglabrous to extensively pubescent outside; wings brighter yellow, shorter than the keel; keel 1.1–1.3(1.5) cm long, abruptly angled in the lower part, with a long straight beak darker coloured at the tip.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod subsessile, (12)16–22 × 7–8 mm, puberulous, ultimately glabrescent, up to 10–16-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 3 mm long, broadly oblique-cordiform, smooth, ochre or brown.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

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

  • 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 Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/