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 purshii   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria purshii   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Crotalaria purshii

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

Crotalaria purshii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-001:

Crotalaria purshii   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Crotalaria purshii

 

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Rattlebox, Pursh's Rattlebox


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image of Crotalaria purshii, Coastal Plain Rattlebox, Pursh's Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm160816_557

August    Oconee County    SC

Legume glabrous, oblong-cylindric, about 1cm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Crotalaria purshii, Coastal Plain Rattlebox, Pursh's Rattlebox

JK Marlow    jkm160816_558

August    Oconee County    SC

Upper leaves narrowly lance-shaped (4-10mm wide), the lower ones broader, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria purshii   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-001:
Crotalaria purshii   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4037

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to dry pinelands, sandy openings, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Stipules usually present but often small

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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