OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria rotundifolia   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Crotalaria rotundifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Crotalaria rotundifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-002?:

Crotalaria angulata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Crotalaria maritima

 

COMMON NAME:
Low Rattlebox, Rabbitbells


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image of Crotalaria maritima, Low Rattlebox, Rabbitbells

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crro5_001_lvd

        

image of Crotalaria maritima, Low Rattlebox, Rabbitbells

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_maritima_low

July        

Petals yellow, equaling or longer than the calyx, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria rotundifolia   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crotalaria rotundifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Crotalaria rotundifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-002?:
Crotalaria angulata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3629

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Sandy forests and woodlands, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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