Fabaceae
Crotalaria nitens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Crotalaria
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Synonyms
- Crotalaria exstipulata Mart. ex Schrank
- Crotalaria nitens var. nitens
- Crotalaria nitens var. trichina J.F.Macbr.
- Crotalaria nitidula Mart. ex Schrank
Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Crotalaria nitens: 豬屎豆屬 Crotalaria nitens [比利時國家植物園 Belgium National Botanic Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/%E8%B1%AC%E5%B1%8E%E8%B1%86%E5%B1%AC_Crotalaria_nitens_-%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%99%82%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Belgium_National_Botanic_Garden-_%289216071550%29.jpg/1280px-%E8%B1%AC%E5%B1%8E%E8%B1%86%E5%B1%AC_Crotalaria_nitens_-%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%99%82%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%B6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Belgium_National_Botanic_Garden-_%289216071550%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.