Fabaceae

Smooth rattlebox

Crotalaria pallida Aiton

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Crotalaria

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Common names

By language (7)

Assamese: ঝুনঝুনি গছ
Bangla: ঝুনঝুন, কুতকুতি, জংলিশান, ঝুনঝুনা, শণফুল
Bulgarian: Бледа кроталария
Chinese: 猪屎豆, 黃野百合, 猪屎豆根
English: Smooth rattlebox, Pepper elder
Malayalam: കിലുക്കച്ചെടി
Shona: Kanderandera

Synonyms

Crotalaria latifolia Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
Crotalaria striata var. acutifolia Trin.
Lebeckia rostrata Fenzl

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carol VanHook, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chiring chandan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.