Flora of North America species comparison

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Crotalaria pallida

Crotalaria virgulata

salts rattlebox, smooth crotalaria, smooth rattlebox, striped crotalaria

thicket rattlebox

Crotalaria pallida

Crotalaria virgulata
Distribution
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Africa [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Varieties 6 (1 in the flora); introduced, Florida; Africa introduced also in South America, Australia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Crotalaria Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Crotalaria
Sibling taxa
C. avonensis, C. incana, C. juncea, C. lanceolata, C. ochroleuca, C. pumila, C. purshii, C. retusa, C. rotundifolia, C. sagittalis, C. spectabilis, C. trichotoma, C. verrucosa, C. virgulata
C. avonensis, C. incana, C. juncea, C. lanceolata, C. ochroleuca, C. pallida, C. pumila, C. purshii, C. retusa, C. rotundifolia, C. sagittalis, C. spectabilis, C. trichotoma, C. verrucosa
Subordinate taxa
C. pallida var. obovata
C. virgulata subsp. grantiana
Name authority Aiton: Hort. Kew. 3: 20. (1789) Klotzsch in W. C. H. Peters: Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 56. (1861)
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