This native shrub is commonly known as trefoil rattlepod.
Crotalaria medicaginea var. neglecta is described as a "dicot" in the Leguminosae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Erect perrenial shrub to one metre tall (Rhonda Melzer and Joel Plumb. 2007. Plants of Capricornia). Widespread in Queensland and across northern Australia. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets linear to obovate, 0.5–3.6 cm long, 1–10 mm wide, upper surface glabrous and minutely stippled, lower surface hoary or pubescent; petiole 4–15 mm long. Corolla 4–12 mm long, yellow, often streaked with red; wings 4–8 mm long; keel with beak 3.5–10 mm long, twisted tightly at apex. (PlantNET). Flowers clumped together more than most crotalarias. Note keel longer than wings.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 2 Fraser Coast localities: Boompa, Mount Urah.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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