Crotalaria
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Herbs, sometimes slightly woody, with simple, or in many tropical species 3-7-foliolate leaves, and racemose yellow flowers. Calyx 5-toothed, slightly 2-lipped; standard orbicular or ovate, often cordate; wings oblong or obovate; keel curved. Stamens monadelphous, their sheath deeply cleft; anthers of 2 forms, alternating with each other, the one small, versatile, the other larger; style more or less curved; pod oblong or globose, inflated, many-seeded, the seeds loose at maturity. [Greek, a rattle.] About 250 species, mainly of tropical regions. Type species: Crotalaria lotifolia L.