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Crotalaria incana
Also called Silver Rattlepod, Small Yellow Popbush, Snake Bush, Woolly Rattlepod, Velvety Rattlebox
Crotalaria incana is a shrubby, woolly-leaved legume native to warm, seasonally dry tropical areas of the Americas, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and southwest India. It thrives in disturbed ground, so it is usually grown in open, sunny spots with good drainage.
Crotalaria incana is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae family known by various names including shake-shake, velvety rattlebox, silver rattlepod, and woolly rattlepod.
It grows in disturbed areas, primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crotalaria incana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
