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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crotalaria purshii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria purshii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crotalaria purshii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Crotalaria purshii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-001:
Crotalaria purshii FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crotalaria purshii
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Rattlebox, Pursh's Rattlebox
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JK Marlow jkm160816_557
August Oconee County SC
Legume glabrous, oblong-cylindric, about 1cm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160816_558
August Oconee County SC
Upper leaves narrowly lance-shaped (4-10mm wide), the lower ones broader, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crotalaria purshii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crotalaria purshii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crotalaria purshii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Crotalaria purshii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-001:
Crotalaria purshii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crotalaria purshii
4037
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to dry pinelands, sandy openings, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Stipules usually present but often small
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, monadelphous, of 2 lengths
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p348
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p031
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p190
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p130
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p063
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