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''C. spectabilis'' occurs along roadsides, meadows, mesic, loam soils, full sun, moist shores, disturbed sandy areas, <ref name = fsu> Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Andre F. Clewell, D. W. Hall, Gary R. Knight, Herbert Monoson, Gary Schultz. States and counties: Florida: Clay, Gulf, Jackson, Leon. </ref>
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''C. spectabilis''occurs along moist shores, and forest edges, as well as in meadows and annually burned pinelands. ''C. spectabilis'' can be found in  sandy, loam, or clay soils, growing in full sun.
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''C. spectabilis'' is commonly found in mesic disturbed areas such as along roadsides and railroads, and in old fields and fallow land.<ref name = fsu> Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, E. Arrington, D. Burch, Craig Chappell, Andre F. Clewell,  J. A. Duke, Susan H. Elam, D. W. Hall, James W. Hardin, Stan Hutto, R. Karl, Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, Gary R. Knight, R. Komarek, Robert L. Lazor, K. MacClendon, Travis MacClendon, Sidney McDaniel, Herbert Monoson, Gary H. Morton, D. H. Rembert, Gary Schultz, D. B. Ward, S. S. Ward, R. L. Wilbur. States and counties: Alabama: Pike. Florida: Alachua, Bay, Calhoun, Clay, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hardee, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Okaloosa, Suwannee, Wakulla, Washington. Georgia: Grady, Thomas. Mississippi: Clarke. North Carolina: Bertie, Cumberland, New Hanover, Onslow. South Carolina: Lexington, Richland.</ref>
 
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Revision as of 14:58, 17 May 2023

Crotalaria spectabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Crotalaria
Species: C. spectabilis
Binomial name
Crotalaria spectabilis
Roth
CROT SPEC dist.JPG
Natural range of Crotalaria spectabilis from USDA NRCS [1].

Common name: showy rattlebox

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms:

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

C. spectabilisoccurs along moist shores, and forest edges, as well as in meadows and annually burned pinelands. C. spectabilis can be found in sandy, loam, or clay soils, growing in full sun. C. spectabilis is commonly found in mesic disturbed areas such as along roadsides and railroads, and in old fields and fallow land.[1]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, E. Arrington, D. Burch, Craig Chappell, Andre F. Clewell, J. A. Duke, Susan H. Elam, D. W. Hall, James W. Hardin, Stan Hutto, R. Karl, Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, Gary R. Knight, R. Komarek, Robert L. Lazor, K. MacClendon, Travis MacClendon, Sidney McDaniel, Herbert Monoson, Gary H. Morton, D. H. Rembert, Gary Schultz, D. B. Ward, S. S. Ward, R. L. Wilbur. States and counties: Alabama: Pike. Florida: Alachua, Bay, Calhoun, Clay, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hardee, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Okaloosa, Suwannee, Wakulla, Washington. Georgia: Grady, Thomas. Mississippi: Clarke. North Carolina: Bertie, Cumberland, New Hanover, Onslow. South Carolina: Lexington, Richland.