Crotalaria pumila Ortega

Low rattlebox (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Crotalaria

Characteristics

A herb. It grows each year from seeds. It grows 40 cm tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are 1-2 cm long by 0.3-0.5 cm wide. The pods are 1 cm long by 0.5 cm wide. There are about 10 seeds.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In Argentina it grows between 400-2,500 m above sea level.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

They are boiled.
Uses animal food medicinal poison vertebrate poison
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Crotalaria pumila leaf picture by erick cuevas (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Crotalaria pumila flower picture by erick cuevas (cc-by-sa)
Crotalaria pumila flower picture by erick cuevas (cc-by-sa)
Crotalaria pumila flower picture by varaderhum (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Crotalaria pumila fruit picture by Juan Carlos Ordonez (cc-by-sa)
Crotalaria pumila fruit picture by Juan Manuel (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Crotalaria pumila world distribution map, present in Argentina, American Samoa, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Singapore, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Crotalaria pumila threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:488735-1
WFO ID wfo-0000174078
COL ID ZNZK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629460
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Synonyms

Crotalaria pumila Crotalaria chiapensis Crotalaria puberula Crotalaria tepicana Crotalaria lupulina Crotalaria galeottii Crotalaria grahamii Crotalaria littoralis Crotalaria elliptica var. multiflora Crotalaria pumila var. obcordata