Fabaceae
Crotalaria

Crotalaria heidmannii Schinz

First published in Mém. Herb. Boissier 1: 128 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Angola to Botswana. It is an annual and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19892294/20046732

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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
Erect annual, 30–80 cm tall, much branched from the base upwards; branches ascending, terete, pubescent with longish rather stiff appressed hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 20–70 × 1.5–4 mm, linear-lanceolate, appressed pubescent at least beneath; petiole much shorter than leaflets; stipules 1–4 mm long, linear or subulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes laxly 4–6(12)-flowered; rhachis slender; bracts 1–2 mm long, linear; bracteoles lacking.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5–7 mm long, thinly appressed pubescent; lobes subulate, usually at least twice as long as the tube.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard elliptic to oblong-obovate, yellow, lined brownish and thinly pubescent outside along the veins especially medially; wings shorter than the keel; keel 9–13 mm long, bent at right angles in the lower part, with a long practically straight beak.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod shortly stipitate, (8)10–12 × 4.5–6 mm, oblong-ellipsoid to shortly cylindrical, appressed puberulous, 8–12-seeded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 2 mm long, bluntly triangular, rugulose, brown.
[FZ]

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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • 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 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/