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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crotalaria sagittalis   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria sagittalis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Crotalaria sagittalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Crotalaria sagittalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-003:

Crotalaria sagittalis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Crotalaria sagittalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crsa4_001_lvd

        

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_sagittalis_common

June        

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JK Marlow    jkm210819_2948

August    Greenville County    SC

Flowers with typical pea-flower shape, including a large banner composed of 2 united petals, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm210819_2950

August    Greenville County    SC

Leaves elliptical to lance-shaped, on short petioles, a winged double-tipped stipule at the base, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm180927_5049

September    Greenville County    SC

Stem villous-hirsute (vs. C. purshii strigose), per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm180927_5050

September    Greenville County    SC

Calyx loosely pubescent (vs. that of C. purshii strigose), per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm180929_5152

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm180929_5155

September    Greenville County    SC

Specific epithet refers to conspicuous, inverted, arrowhead-shaped stipules, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm180929_5157

September    Greenville County    SC

Seeds are loose and rattle in the inflated pod, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm200903_7076

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm200908_7139

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm200908_7140

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm200908_7142

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves downy, sessile, lanceolate to linear, from 1 to 3" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm200908_7145

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Crotalaria sagittalis, Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm231021_6139

October    Greenville County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crotalaria sagittalis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria sagittalis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crotalaria sagittalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Crotalaria sagittalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-003:
Crotalaria sagittalis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crotalaria sagittalis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3258

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: woodlands, woodland edges, barrens, prairies, openings, fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in NC Mountains) (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
Stipules conspicuous

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, monadelphous, of 2 lengths

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Legume

 

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