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Crotalaria purshii

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Crotalaria purshii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Crotalaria
Species:
C. purshii
Binomial name
Crotalaria purshii
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Crotalaria purshii, or Pursh's rattlebox, is a flowering plant. It grows in parts of the southeastern United States.[1]

It is a rosid eudicot in the Fabaceae family and Crotalaria genus.[2][3]

Frederick Traugott Pursh was a German-American botanist for whom the Purshia genus and several plants are named.

References

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  1. ^ "Crotalaria purshii - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants.
  2. ^ "University of Tennessee Herbarium - TENN | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville". herbarium.utk.edu.
  3. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.