Crotalaria incana

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Crotalaria incana
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Scientific classification File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Crotalaria
Species:
C. incana
Binomial name
Crotalaria incana

Crotalaria incana is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae family known by various various names including shake-shake,[1] velvety rattlebox, silver rattlepod, and woolly rattlepod.[2] It grows in disturbed areas, primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.[3] The plant contains toxic alkaloids and is used in traditional medicine after preparation,[4] as well as for poison.

References

  1. "Crotalaria incana". Atlas of Florida Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  2. "Crotalaria incana L." USDA National Plant Germplasm System. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  3. "Crotalaria incana var. incana (Shake-shake)". Flora of the Southeastern United States. 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  4. Conrad, Jim (July 17, 2016). "SHAKESHAKE". Excerpts from Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter.