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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Crotalaria ochroleuca
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Slenderleaf Rattlebox from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria ochroleuca
FAMILY
Fabaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-007:
Crotalaria intermedia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
-
Crotalaria brevidens var. intermedia
COMMON NAME:
Slenderleaf Rattlebox
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Keith Bradley kab_c_ochroleuca_6312
April Miami-Dade County FL
Corolla pale yellow or white, exserted far beyond calyx, per Flora of China.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Crotalaria ochroleuca
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria ochroleuca
FAMILY
Fabaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-007:
Crotalaria intermedia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
-
Crotalaria brevidens var. intermedia
3958
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Africa
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in NC)
Look for it on roadsides and in sandy fields, 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:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Petioles 1-3cm long
Petiolules ~ 1mm
Leaves do not have stipules.
FLOWER:
Summer
Pale yellow or white
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, monadelphous, of 2 lengths
Flowers in terminal racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
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