Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Crotalaria pumila
tronadora, hierba del cuervo, sonadora, low rattlebox, small rattle pod
Annual or perennial herb to about 2 m tall; Young stems appressed-pubescent, sometimes glabrescent; stipules setaceous, about 1-3 mm long; inflorescences racemose, flowers about 6-12 mm long, petals yellow with the standard sometimes reddish-tipped; seeds subcordate (Wiggins and Porter, 1971).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Crotalaria
Species
pumila
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Crotalaria lupulina DC. fide Wiggins & Porter (1971), C. lupulina Kunth, C. puberula Hook.f. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010).
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is S. U.S.A to Tropical America (POWO, 2023).
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