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Coastal plain rattlebox

Crotalaria purshii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mississippi.January 5, February 5, March 5, April 10, May 6, June 4, July 3, August 3, September 4, October 5, November 4, December 4.
United States388
Mississippi58
Alabama55
Georgia44
North Carolina44
South Carolina33
Louisiana32
Texas7
Pennsylvania1
Tennessee1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusRattlepods · Crotalaria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Coastal plain rattlebox with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.