Plants Profile for Crotalaria spectabilis (showy rattlebox)

General Information
Symbol:	CRSP2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fabaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	HI I L48 I PB I PR I
Other Common Names:	rattlebox showy crotalaria
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Ted Bodner. James H. Miller and Karl V. Miller. 2005. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. University of Georgia Press., Athens. Provided by University of Georgia Press. Scanned by Forestry Images. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CRLE18	Crotalaria leschenaultii DC.
CRMA2	Crotalaria macrophylla Weinmann
CRRE10	Crotalaria retzii Hitchc.
CRSE13	Crotalaria sericea Retz., nom. illeg.

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 spectabilis Roth – showy rattlebox

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

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

U.S. Weed Information
Crotalaria Crotalaria spectabilis showy rattlebox This plant and 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. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	UPL
Hawaii	UPL

Hawaii
South Pacific Islands	UPL

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU