Arrowhead Rattlebox in Charles Co., Maryland (7/23/2009).

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Arrowhead Rattlebox blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/11/2018).

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Arrowhead Rattlebox in fruit in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/23/2013).

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Arrowhead Rattlebox in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/24/2010).

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Arrowhead Rattlebox in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/24/2010).

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A Arrowhead Rattlebox flower in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/24/2010).

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A Arrowhead Rattlebox flower in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/24/2010). View Record Details Media by Bill Harms.

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Crotalaria sagittalis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Crotalaria
Species:	C. sagittalis
Binomial name
*Crotalaria sagittalis* L.

Crotalaria sagittalis, known as arrowhead rattlebox or just rattlebox, is an annual wildflower native to the United States, Midwestern and Eastern states. ^[1] ^[2]

Description

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Rattlebox grows 6-12" tall with alternate, short-petiolate leaves and a yellow flower that yields a plump seed pod that will rattle when shaken. It is a member of the Crotalaria genus, which has 500 members commonly known as rattlepods .^[3]^{[circular reference]}

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