Plants Profile for Crotalaria sagittalis (arrowhead rattlebox)

General Information
Symbol:	CRSA4
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fabaceae
Duration:	Annual Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Subshrub
Native Status:	L48 N PR N
Data Source and Documentation

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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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©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, NJ. 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
CRPI81	Crotalaria pilosa Raf.
CRSAB	Crotalaria sagittalis L. var. blumeriana H. Senn
CRSAF	Crotalaria sagittalis L. var. fruticosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle

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 sagittalis L. – arrowhead rattlebox

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

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