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Fabaceae
Crotalaria

not marked as a favorite taxon Crotalaria incana Linnaeus var. incana. Common name: Shake-shake, Velvety Rattlebox. Phenology: Feb-Oct (-Jan). Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of the tropics, variously interpreted as pantropical or only Paleotropical. Also in peninsular Florida, from Alachua County southward.

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Origin/Endemic status: Pantropics

Taxonomy Comments: A second variety is present in Africa, and not known to be introduced in our area.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1; = Croatalaria incana ssp. incana — POWO; = n/a — RAB; < Crotalaria incana L. — Bah, Fl3, K1, K4, NS, S, S13, SE3, Tx, WH3, Isely (1998), Ward (2010b). Basionym: Crotalaria incana L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Crotalaria incana var. incana - FNA11.1

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACU (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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