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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
	
	
		 
		
	
Crotalaria rotundifolia 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Fabaceae
	
	
	
		 
		 
		
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	Crotalaria rotundifolia 
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Fabaceae
	
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crotalaria rotundifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Crotalaria rotundifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-002:
Crotalaria angulata FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crotalaria rotundifolia
COMMON NAME:
Low Rattlebox, Rabbitbells
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_rotundifolia1a
September Moore County NC
Distinguished from C purshii by reclining stems & lack of prominent stipules, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_rotundifolia1ab
September Moore County NC
C. rotundifolia & C. purshii have yellow pealike flowers w upright standard, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
	
	
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
	
	
		 
		
	
Crotalaria rotundifolia 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Fabaceae
	
INCLUDED WITHIN
	
	
	PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
	
			
	
	
	
    
	
	
	Crotalaria rotundifolia 
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Fabaceae
	
	INCLUDED WITHIN
	
 
	Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
	
	
	Crotalaria rotundifolia
	
	INCLUDED WITHIN
	
 
	Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
	
	
	Crotalaria rotundifolia
	
 
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
	
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-11-002:
Crotalaria angulata 
 
 
 
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
 
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
	
  
	Crotalaria rotundifolia
	
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