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Crotalaria sagittalis L.
arrowhead rattlebox

       
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Crotalaria sagittalis L.

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Synonyms:
Crotalaria sagittalis L.

  CRPI81 Crotalaria pilosa Raf.
  CRSAB Crotalaria sagittalis L. var. blumeriana H. Senn
  CRSAF Crotalaria sagittalis L. var. fruticosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle
 

Distribution:
Crotalaria sagittalis L.

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), USA+ (PR)
 

Related Taxa:
Crotalaria sagittalis L.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 56 species in Crotalaria
 

Classification:
Crotalaria sagittalis L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus Crotalaria L. – rattlebox
Species Crotalaria sagittalis L. – arrowhead rattlebox
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Crotalaria sagittalis L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Hampshire:
arrow-headed rattle-box              Endangered
New York:
rattlebox              Endangered
Rhode Island:
rattlebox              Threatened
Vermont:
rattlebox              Threatened
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Crotalaria sagittalis L.

The related entity italicized and indented above is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arkansas:
Crotalaria
crotalaria              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Crotalaria sagittalis L.

Crotalaria
crotalaria

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Crotalaria sagittalis L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26579.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

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