Fabaceae
Low rattlebox
Crotalaria pumila
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Crotalaria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Low rattlebox
Synonyms
- Crotalaria chiapensis Brandegee
- Crotalaria dichotoma Graham
- Crotalaria elliptica M.Martens & Galeotti
- Crotalaria elliptica var. multiflora M.Martens & Galeotti
- Crotalaria galeottii Benth.
- Crotalaria grahamii Sweet
- Crotalaria havanensis Guss.
- Crotalaria littoralis Kunth
- Crotalaria littoralis DC.
- Crotalaria lupulina Kunth
- Crotalaria puberula Hook.f.
- Crotalaria pumila var. obcordata Griseb.
- Crotalaria tepicana Hook. & Arn.
- Crotalaria triantha Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Iocaulon pumila Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, 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.