Showy Crotalaria

(Crotalaria spectabilis)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect summer annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Leaves alternately arranged, simple, broadest at apex, wedge-shaped at base, ovate to lance-shaped

Reproduction: Inflorescences born on several racemes clustered near top of plant, large, showy, spirally arranged, petals yellow

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}