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Low Rattlebox

Crotalaria rotundifolia

Found in sandy forests and woodlands, roadsides. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 71%

Light
Partial shade, Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry
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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 67 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement.

Forests and woodlands

Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain.
Named place / source context. Shown: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia, a neighboring state.Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain., Unidentified in HFC record, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 79 animals.

All wildlife of Florida

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

11CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Crotalaria

  • Amyna strictaEight-Spot Moth
  • Gesta baptisiaeWild Indigo Duskywing, Baptisia Duskywing
  • Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
  • Hemiargus ceraunusCeraunus Blue, Antillean Blue
  • Leptotes cassiusCassius Blue, Tropical Striped Blue
  • Phoebis sennaeCloudless Sulphur
  • Selenisa sueroidesTailpipes, Pale-Edged Selenisa Moth
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Utetheisa ornatrixOrnate Moth, Pink Underwing, Rattlebox Moth, Bella Moth
  • Aproaerema crotolariella
Show all 11
  • Fundella argentina
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
14BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Crotalaria

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Crotalaria

  • Columbina passerinaCommon Ground Dove
  • Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

2AntsRecorded seed interactions
  • Pogonomyrmex badius
  • Solenopsis invicta

Solenopsis invicta: Seed dispersal.

Pogonomyrmex badius: Seed predation.

No records yet · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Fabaceae
Flower color
Yellow

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Crotalaria angulata

Conservation status

Florida rankNot available
Global rankG5
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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