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Showy Rattlebox

Crotalaria spectabilis

1 Species ID Suggestions

PhotoginTN
PhotoginTN 7 years ago
Showy Rattlebox
Crotalaria spectabilis Showy Rattlebox - Crotalaria spectabilis - Overview


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9 Comments

PhotoginTN
PhotoginTN 7 years ago

dcslaugh, I liked photographing nature, and found the plant atlas site, and decided to email the botanist listed there. He said I could send photos, though I would not get paid, just get my name on the photos. The botanist later said that my photos helped save the site from being discontinued due to budget concerns.

dcslaugh
dcslaugh 7 years ago

PhotoinTN, how did you get that job?

dcslaugh
dcslaugh 7 years ago

Agreed, PhotoginTN! Thank you for confirming my recent suspicion. :)
Thank you everyone for commenting!!

PhotoginTN
PhotoginTN 7 years ago

Almost certainly Crotalaria spectabilis. When I lived in Florida, I contributed to USF's Atlas of Florida Plants. Here is a photo of Crotalaria spectabilis I took: http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/photo....

ThomasCaelifera
ThomasCaelifera 7 years ago

That wasn't supposed to be a positive ID- just a comment about how little can be determined from this shot. I have no idea what this is ... :-(

Machi
Machi 7 years ago

Petal arrangement looks wrong for Cytisus scoparius. I also don't think that it has been reported in Florida (yet).

ThomasCaelifera
ThomasCaelifera 7 years ago

Fabaceae for sure, but it looks a lot more like Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) to me than anything else. There's not really a size reference or any other parts of the plant shown to check, though...

Machi
Machi 7 years ago

Possibly a Crotalaria species or something else in the Fabaceae family.

ThomasCaelifera
ThomasCaelifera 7 years ago

What does the rest of the plant look like?

dcslaugh
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dcslaugh

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jan 1, 2016
Submitted on May 19, 2016

Spotted for Mission

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