Crotalaria astragalinaHochst. ex A.Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Polhill,R., Crotalaria impressaNees [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Crotalaria astragalina
Crotalaria uelensis
Crotalaria impressa
Crotalaria pycnostachya
Crotalaria striata
Flora
Entry for CROTALARIA impressa Nees ex Walp. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CROTALARIA impressaNees ex Walp. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1842).
Information
Herb, 15–100 cm tall; branches ± sparsely appressed puberulous. Leaflets 3, mostly linear to narrowly elliptic-oblong, mostly 10–45 x 3–8 mm, appressed puberulous beneath, sometimes also above; petioles mostly shorter than the leaflets. Racemes 1–8 cm long with flowers crowded on a relatively long peduncle. Calyx becoming basally truncate and deflexed against the pedicel, 2.5–3 mm long, appressed puberulous. Standard yellow with purplish veins; keel strongly rounded, 3.5–4 mm long, with a sharp incurved beak. Pod 10–15 x 4–5 mm, appressed puberulous, 12–18-seeded.
Range
N2
Altitude range
1300 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin, Dahir & Hassan 9116.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Notes
First record for Somalia (near Markat at 10°59’N, 48°30’E). The Somali plants have decumbent stems and appear to be short-lived perennials.
