Crotalaria sagittalis

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Crotalaria sagittalis L.
Common Name:Arrow Head Rattlebox; Common Rattlebox
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Arrow Head Rattlebox is a native herbaceous perennial in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Arrow Head Rattlebox occurs in dry to mesic hardwood or pine woodlands, in prairies, and on roadsides. It is as annual or short-lived perennial with a tap root. The stems are erect, branched above the middle, green or reddish brown in color, and pubescent with stiff, irregularly spreading or ascending hairs 1–2 mm long. Leaves are alternate, unifoliate, subsessile, elliptic to lanceolate in outline, pubescent, with entire margins. The stipules of the upper leaves are well developed, and inversely sagittate. They are tapering-decurrent with ascending lobes, and are half the length of the internode or more. Flowers are produced in erect, 2-5 flowered terminal or axillary racemes. The flowers are papilionaceous and yellow in color. The fruit is an inflated oblong-cylindrical legume. The fruit turns black when mature and the seed become detached and free within the fruit. When shaken the fruit “rattles”.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**

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Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Crotalaria
Species Crotalaria sagittalis L. - Arrow Head Rattlebox; Common Rattlebox

Citation

Citation Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 714. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 895.6). Lectotypified by Windler in Taxon 21 : 545. 1972.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Crotalaria sagittalis var. oblonga    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Choctaw, Clay, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1896 - 2023

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU130789 Bibb 22 Jul 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11692		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UNA00016573 Lee 06 May 1896 Earle, Franklin S.
s.n.		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
TROY000037724 Fayette 13 Jul 2009 Younghance, Steven L.
229		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011259 Franklin 10 Sep 1980 Freeman, John D.
32		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00067125 St. Clair 17 Sep 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3861		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
USAM000006291 Mobile 03 Jul 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3343		 USAM
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0017255 Lawrence 01 Aug 2009 England, J. Kevin
2154		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UNA00015952 Pickens 19 Jun 1954 Harper, Roland M.
4301		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
TROY000037259 Washington 21 Jun 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24260		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000042721 Cullman Jul 1904 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00015950 Hale 21 Jun 1966 Williams, Norris H.
299		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130795 Calhoun 24 Jun 1973 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011256 Fayette 8 Jun 1955 Moore, William H.
 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
TROY000040623 Conecuh 23 Aug 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25457		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011248 Bibb 28 Jun 1979 Beckett, Scott W.
195		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00065794 Butler 10 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15728		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
UWAL0001606 Marengo 17 Apr 2009 England, J. Kevin
1957		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
TROY000005003 Russell 31 Oct 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14865		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0006803 Marengo 21 Aug 2008 England, J. Kevin
942		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
TROY000034174 Marengo 28 Jun 2011 England, J. Kevin
2992		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130798 Clay 6 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11906		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0002030 Pike 17 Jun 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21417		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
TROY000019174 St. Clair 17 Sep 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3861		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130809 Marshall 12 Jul 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2279		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0036717 Lamar 13 Jul 2017 England, J. Kevin
8117		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0056343 Bibb 05 Jun 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11327		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
AUA000011278 Sumter 16 Jun 1970 Moore, Harold D.
066		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UWAL0052291 Pickens 23 Jun 2017 Keener, Brian R.
10210		 UWAL
Crotolaria sagittalis L.
JSU130804 Jefferson 30 Jun 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
747		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011261 Lauderdale 8 Jul 1970 Moore, Harold D.
240		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UWAL0006806 Sumter 13 May 1998 White, James E.
B-120		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
AUA000011247 Bibb 24 Jun 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
138		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
AUA000011242 Autauga 29 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6175		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00054430 Blount 03 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1141		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130797 Clay 19 Jun 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2834		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0056429 Jefferson 08 Jul 2021 England, Kevin J.
12432		 UWAL
Crotalaria saggitalis L.
JSU130813 Shelby 20 Jul 1993 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
TROY000019175 Walker 15 Jun 2002 Haynes, Robert R.
10277		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011260 Jefferson 2 Jul 1972 Roboski, J.C.
025		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UWAL0056875 Bibb 17 May 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11158		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130810 Randolph 15 Jul 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4015		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011258 Fayette 3 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12017		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
TROY000018956 Montgomery 01 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19880		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130802 Jackson 11 Jul 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4986		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0035447 Pickens 12 Jul 2017 England, J. Kevin
8068		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0056362 Fayette 19 Jun 2023 England, Kevin J.
13734		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
AUA000011280 Wilcox 20 May 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
649		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UWAL0033392 Lawrence 04 Aug 2016 England, J. Kevin
6664		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011198 Pike 8 Aug 1997 Diamond, Alvin R.
11073		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UWAL0016526 Walker 26 May 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13425		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
AUA000011246 Bibb 10 Aug 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
333		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
TROY000018957 Marengo 21 Aug 2008 England, J. Kevin
942		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130807 Lauderdale 28 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18182		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UNA00058610 Lamar 02 Aug 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2342		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130790 Blount 17 Aug 1997 Ballard, J. Mark
7354		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0056393 Lamar 06 Jul 2021 England, Kevin J.
12417		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
USAM000006290 Mobile 17 May 1968 Scott, D.L.
202		 USAM
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011271 Lee 30 Sep 1932 Smith, E.V.
 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UWAL0054266 Choctaw 05 Jul 2021 Keener, Brian R.
12241		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
AUA000042683 Escambia 6 Jul 2013 Pancake, Jr., Dale C.
S.N.		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00063035 Fayette 03 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12017		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130800 Etowah 17 Jul 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2867		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0006804 Montgomery 01 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19880		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
UNA00053422 Marshall 20 Jul 1956 Thomas, Joab L.
155		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
AUA000011274 Pike 17 Jul 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9268		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UWAL0017361 Franklin 11 Jul 2009 England, J. Kevin
2100		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
ALNHS00000505 Dallas 24 May 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-209		 ALNHS
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130799 DeKalb 26 Jul 1975 Wayner, Gary A.
556		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0016604 Jefferson 26 May 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13420		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
AUA000011269 Lee 10 Aug 1948 Holland, Wood
 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
TROY000018955 Pike 07 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19715		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0044750 Lamar 12 Jun 2019 England, J. Kevin
10339		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130788 Bibb 16 Aug 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3208		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0016673 Conecuh 23 Aug 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25457		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130803 Jackson 20 Aug 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1364		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0014413 Colbert 26 Jun 2014 England, J. Kevin
5027		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
TROY000004979 Coffee 26 May 2000 Martin, Brian H.
730		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130792 Calhoun 6 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12182		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0004865 Marengo 28 Jun 2011 England, J. Kevin
2992		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011276 Sumter 5 May 1974 Gwaltney, John R.
S. N.		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00015946 Tuscaloosa 05 Jul 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
TROY000049467 Lowndes 20 May 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29284		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011272 Marengo 19 Jul 1969 Moore, Harold D.
333-69		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UWAL0035257 Bibb 21 May 2012 Cobb, Richard
s.n.		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130805 Jefferson 30 Jun 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
747		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011277 Sumter 8 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
940		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00073091 Bibb 07 May 2016 Kleinman, Jonathan
8		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
AUA000011249 Bibb 8 Jul 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
189		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
AUA000011275 Russell 31 Oct 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14865		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00054454 Blount 06 Sep 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1624		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130815 Talladega 2 Sep 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4843		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
TROY000019171 Bibb 17 Jul 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14050		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130811 Randolph 11 Oct 1985 Nixon, Christopher F.
1392		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0004792 Lauderdale 20 Jul 1982 Kral, Robert
69503		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
TROY000031397 Fayette 08 Jun 1955 Moore, William H.
s.n.		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011250 Chambers 15 Jul 1975 Corsby, Carole A.
115		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00058228 Walker 15 Jun 2002 Haynes, Robert R.
10277		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
AUA000011262 Lee 20 Jul 1972 Hallmark, Wendy
077		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00015945 Tuscaloosa 14 Jun 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
TROY000042564 Crenshaw 21 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26628		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000042723 Cullman Aug 1903 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00016571 Tuscaloosa 05 Jul 1975 Hoener, Fred K.
1251		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130806 Jefferson 5 Oct 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
1212		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011257 Fayette 9 Jul 1970 Moore, Harold D.
267		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
TROY000019173 Hale 09 Jul 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14008		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130808 Marshall 7 Jun 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1951		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0010647 Washington 04 May 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7203		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
UWAL0011382 Russell 05 Oct 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23476		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UNA00015951 Choctaw _ Jul 1859 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130794 Calhoun 17 Aug 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1000		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011266 Lee 17 Aug 1925 Hunt, Robert R.
 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00015949 Hale 25 Sep 1965 Williams, Norris H.
146		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130812 St. Clair 22 May 1972 Whetstone, R. David
204		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UNA00015948 Baldwin 06 Jun 1958 Edwards, Jackie
3		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130793 Calhoun 20 Jun 1982 Gay, C.
s.n.		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0013769 Fayette 13 Jul 2009 Younghance, Steve L.
229		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UNA00016572 Hale 16 May 1966 Maginness, Sherrie E.
264		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
TROY000048661 Autauga 20 Jul 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1001		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130801 Etowah 18 Jul 1969 Clonts, Jerry A.
s.n.		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000042722 Baldwin 7 Aug 1925 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00015944 Hale 08 Oct 1965 Williams, Norris H.
153		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130791 Calhoun 1 Nov 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1462		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011268 Lee 3 Jul 1970 Morris, Kermit
137		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
TROY000004981 Monroe 23 Jun 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17750		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011279 Tallapoosa 7 Aug 1967 Eichlin, Thomas D.
 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00015947 Coosa 30 Aug 1980 Lentz, David L.
118		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
UWAL0006802 Greene 27 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4518		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
TROY000036609 Greene 11 Jul 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6111		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
TROY000031576 Pike 17 Jun 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21417		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011252 Clay 23 Jun 1975 Rutland, David W.
496		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
TROY000019172 Fayette 03 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12017		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000042682 Escambia 20 Jun 1991 Pancake, Jr., Dale C.
S.N.		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00015953 Pickens 12 Jul 1969 Kral, Robert
35460		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
AUA000011273 Mobile 16 Apr 1961 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
585		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00016576 Tuscaloosa 06 Sep 1980 Youngblood, Barbara Y.
13		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU130796 Choctaw 13 Sep 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
249		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0006807 Sumter 25 Jun 1998 White, James E.
B-158		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
UNA00053537 Greene 05 Aug 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
2385		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
TROY000048352 Autauga 31 Jul 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1079		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU139595 Escambia 25 Jun 1949 Davis, Virgil B.
12		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0006805 St. Clair 17 Sep 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3861		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
ALNHS00002802 Colbert 23 Jun 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-363		 ALNHS
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
JSU136771 Marshall 20 Jul 1956 Thomas, Joab L.
155		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
UWAL0010305 Greene 11 Jul 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6111		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
AUA000011196 Marengo 23 Jun 1981 Henderson, T.
228		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
UNA00047242 Randolph 08 Jul 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
3479		 UNA
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
UWAL0010644 Choctaw 04 May 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7211		 UWAL
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
TROY000004980 Dale 10 May 1997 Rundell, Hannelore
161		 TROY
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
JSU130814 Talladega 15 Oct 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
5264		 JSU
Crotalaria sagittalis Linnaeus
AUA000011253 Coosa 3 Sep 1975 Rutland, David W.
1231		 AUA
Crotalaria Sagittalis L.
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