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*Crotalaria ochroleuca G. Don. Common name: Slenderleaf Rattlebox. Phenology: Apr-Oct; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Roadsides and sandy fields. Distribution: Native of subSaharan Africa.

Origin/Endemic status: Subsaharan Africa

Taxonomy Comments: All naturalized southeastern US material appears to be C. ochroleuca, not C. brevidens var. intermedia (M. Woods, pers. comm., 2011).

Synonymy : = Fl3, FNA11.1, K4, NS, POWO, SE3, WH3, Isely (1998), Leverett & Woods (2012), Ward (2010d); ? Crotalaria brevidens Benth. var. intermedia (Kotschy) Polhill, misapplied; ? Crotalaria intermedia Kotschy — RAB, misapplied. Basionym: Crotalaria ochroleuca G.Don 1832

Links to other floras: = Crotalaria ochroleuca - FNA11.1

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