Index / Search / Crotalaria sagittalis
§1 Plant
Crotalaria sagittalis L.
vernacular arrowhead rattlebox — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Crotalaria
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 676 counties across 34 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 676 counties across 34 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clay 01027
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Coosa 01037
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Drew 05043
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lee 05077
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Saline 05125
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sumner 20191
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Chickasaw 28017
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Hancock 28045
- Holmes 28051
- Itawamba 28057
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
Missouri view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
Nebraska view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Cabarrus 37025
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wilkes 37193
Oklahoma view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Warren 47177
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bowie 48037
- Brazos 48041
- Caldwell 48055
- Cass 48067
- Chambers 48071
- Falls 48145
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Jasper 48241
- Johnson 48251
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Panola 48365
- Polk 48373
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- Shelby 48419
- Tarrant 48439
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Wilson 48493
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CRSA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2942194 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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