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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Crotalaria rotundifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Low Rattlebox from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria rotundifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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)
Crotalaria rotundifolia
COMMON NAME:
Low Rattlebox, Rabbitbells
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crro5_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_rotundifolia1a
September Moore County NC
Distinguished from C purshii by reclining stems & lack of prominent stipules, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_rotundifolia1ab
September Moore County NC
C. rotundifolia & C. purshii have yellow pealike flowers w upright standard, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Crotalaria rotundifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria rotundifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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)
Crotalaria rotundifolia
3088
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont)
Look for it in sandy forests and woodlands, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
Stipules usually absent
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p192
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p154
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p031
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p063