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Internal ID UUID643fd756a5001403610618
Scientific name Crotalaria sagittalis
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 714 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Crotalaria belizensis Lundell Amer. Midl. Naturalist29: 473 (1943)
Crotalaria fruticosa Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 4 (1768)
Crotalaria matthewsana Benth. London J. Bot.2: 479 (1843)
Crotalaria sagittalis var. fruticosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle Fl. Jamaica4: 10 (1920)
Crotalaria sagittalis var. oblonga Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer.2: 55 (1803)
Crotalaria parviflora Roth Catal. Bot.1: 83 (1797)
Crotalaria platycarpa Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt.2: 227 (1822)
Crotalaria pringlei A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts16: 200 (1882)
Crotalaria sagittatas Hill
Crotalaria bialata Schrank Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 13 (1817)
Crotalaria tuerckheimii var. tuerckheimii Senn
Crotalaria undulata Knowles & Westc. Fl. Cab.2: 158 (1838)
Iocaulon lunulata Raf. New Fl.2: 55 (1837)
Iocaulon pilosa Raf. New Fl.2: 54 (1837)
Iocaulon sagittalis (L.) Raf. New Fl.2: 56 (1837)
Crotalaria tuerckheimii H.Senn Rhodora41: 334 (1939)
Anonymos sagittalis Walter Fl. 181.
Crotalaria parviflora var. glabella M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles10(2): 32 (1843)
Crotalaria parviflora var. hirsutissima M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles10(2): 32 (1843)
Crotalaria tuerckheimii var. macrantha H.Senn Rhodora41: 335 (1939)
Crotalaria sagittalis var. parviflora (Roth) Schltdl. Linnaea12: 279 (1838)
Crotalaria sagittalis var. rotundifolia Schltdl. Linnaea12: 279 (1838)
Crotalaria sagittalis var. blumeriana Senn
Crotalaria tuerckheimii Senn
Crotalaria sagittalis var. typica H.Senn Rhodora 41: 336 (1939)

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Language Common/alternative name
English arrowhead rattlebox
Chinese 翼茎野百合
Chinese 翼莖野百合

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Crotalaria sagittalis var. blumeriana H.Senn Rhodora 41: 339 (1939)
Crotalaria sagittalis var. sagittalis

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • Oklahoma
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Puerto Rico
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000174082
Flora of Alabama 1914
USDA Plants CRSA4
Tropicos 13029494
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318914-2
The Plant List ild-20198
Open Tree Of Life 3927700
NCBI Taxonomy 1977604
Nature Serve 2.151151
IPNI 318914-2
iNaturalist 161149
GBIF 2942194
WisFlora 3290
EPPO CVTSA
EOL 640361
USDA GRIN 12376
Wikipedia Crotalaria_sagittalis

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A metagenomic investigation of phytoplasma diversity in Australian vegetable growing regions Rodrigues Jardim B, Gambley C, Tran-Nguyen LT, Webster C, Kehoe M, Kinoti WM, Bond S, Davis R, Jones L, Pathania N, Sharman M, Chapman T, Rodoni BC, Constable FE Microb Genom 06-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10999746
doi:10.1099/mgen.0.001213
PMID:38446015
Seed mucilage in temperate grassland species is unrelated to moisture requirements Ladwig LM, Lucas JR Plant Environ Interact 21-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10880130
doi:10.1002/pei3.10135
PMID:38384946
Validation of a Plant Identification Application Using Digital Images of Toxic Plants Mahonski S, Furlano E, Chiang W J Med Toxicol 27-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8938528
doi:10.1007/s13181-022-00877-4
PMID:35084709
Actualized inventory of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Oaxaca, Mexico Lucía CP, Jacqueline BR, Alberto BR, David BA, Beatriz RA J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 28-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7874459
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00431-y
PMID:33568185
Medicinal Plants from North and Central America and the Caribbean Considered Toxic for Humans: The Other Side of the Coin Alonso-Castro AJ, Domínguez F, Ruiz-Padilla AJ, Campos-Xolalpa N, Zapata-Morales JR, Carranza-Alvarez C, Maldonado-Miranda JJ Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 02-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5688365
doi:10.1155/2017/9439868
PMID:29234446
Wild edible plant knowledge, distribution and transmission: a case study of the Achí Mayans of Guatemala Turreira-García N, Theilade I, Meilby H, Sørensen M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 16-Jun-2015
PMCID:PMC4474567
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0024-4
PMID:26077151
Occurrence of the Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Monocrotaline in Crotalaria Seeds D. J. Pilbeam, A. J. Lyon-Joyce, E. A. Bell American Chemical Society (ACS) 17-Mar-2005
doi:10.1021/NP50029A001
Phytochemical survey of connecticut. I. Isolation of monocrotaline from Crotalaria sagittalis L. fruit. Willette RE, Cammarato LV J Pharm Sci 01-Jan-1972
doi:10.1002/JPS.2600610127
PMID:5058628

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
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Monocrotaline 9415 Click to see 325.36 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50029A001
https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600610127

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