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Crotalaria rogersii

Scientific Name: Crotalaria rogersii

Family: Fabaceae

Category: Dicot

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Crotalaria rogersii

Crotalaria rogersii Baker f. is a perennial herb belonging to the family Fabaceae (also known as Leguminosae). It is also known as rattlebox, sunn hemp, and rabbitbells.

Considerations for Pets

  • Pods develop after flowering that may be attractive to animals.
  • Grows as a perennial herb to 2.7m tall.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Crotalaria rogersii Baker f.
  • Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Synonyms:
    • Crotalaria rogersii var. kilwaensis R. Wilczek
    • Crotalaria rogersii forma kilwaensis R. Wilczek

Distribution and Habitat

  • Observed in Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare, Zimbabwe.
  • Also found in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
  • Pantropical distribution.

Morphological Characteristics

  • Perennial herb with erect or rarely decumbent, simple to much-branched stems.
  • Stems are spreading or crisped hairy.
  • Grows up to 2.7 meters tall.
  • Arises from a woody rootstock.
  • Flowers are pale lemon-yellow and grow in dense, erect, spike-like inflorescences.
  • Pods are inflated, pendent, up to 5 cm long.

Associations

  • Comparison can be made to Crotalaria pallida.
  • Can be confused with Crotalaria dura subsp. dura from C. globifera.

Further Information

  • International Plant Names Index
  • Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
  • Tropicos
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
  • USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network
  • World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi
  • Flora of Zimbabwe