Fabaceae
Rattleweed
Crotalaria retusa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Crotalaria
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Crotalaria retusaFabaceae
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Common names
By language (7)
- Bangla
- অতসী, বনশণ
- Chinese
- 凹葉野百合, 吊裙草, 凹叶野百合
- English
- Rattleweed, Rattlepod, Devil-bean, Shack shack, Wedge-leaf rattlepod
- Kannada
- ಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಡ
- Malayalam
- കിലുകിലുക്കി, ചണ, തന്തലക്കൊട്ടി
- pap
- Bonchi totolika
- tcy
- ಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಜಿ ದೈ
Synonyms
- Crotalaria retusa var. maritima Trimen
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
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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.