Fabaceae
Arrowhead rattlebox
Crotalaria sagittalis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Crotalaria
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 翼茎野百合, 翼莖野百合
- English
- Arrowhead rattlebox
Synonyms
- Anonymos sagittalis Walter
- Crotalaria sagittalis var. blumeriana Senn
- Crotalaria sagittalis var. typica H.Senn
- Crotalaria sagittatas Hill
- Crotalaria tuerckheimii Senn
- Crotalaria tuerckheimii var. tuerckheimii
- Iocaulon sagittalis (L.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Josemanuel Trujillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Deedra Alexander, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.