Plants Profile for Crotalaria rotundifolia (rabbitbells)

General Information
Symbol:	CRRO5
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fabaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 N PR N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Erica Asai. United States, FL, Columbia Co, Osceola National Forest. March 25, 2007. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 347. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CRAN12	Crotalaria angulata auct. non Mill.
CRHO8	Crotalaria hookeriana A. DC.
CRLE19	Crotalaria leptoclona S. Schauer
CRLI11	Crotalaria linaria Small
CRMA18	Crotalaria maritima Chapm.
CRMAL	Crotalaria maritima Chapm. var. linaria (Small) H. Senn
CROV4	Crotalaria ovalis (Michx.) Pursh
CRROB	Crotalaria rotundifolia J.F. Gmel. var. brachytricha Sprague & Riley
CRROL	Crotalaria rotundifolia J.F. Gmel. var. linaria (Small) Fernald & B.G. Schub.
CRROV	Crotalaria rotundifolia Walter ex J.F. Gmel. var. vulgaris Windler
CRSAO	Crotalaria sagittalis L. var. oblonga Michx.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae – Pea family
Genus	Crotalaria L. – rattlebox
Species	Crotalaria rotundifolia Walter ex J.F. Gmel. – rabbitbells

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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.
Maryland rabbit-bells Endangered

Noxious Weed Information
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 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

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	UPL

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	UPL
Northcentral & Northeast	UPL