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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Crotalaria incana L.
Shakeshake

Crotalaria incana
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Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Short Lived Perennial

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

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Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913, but reported for pinelands and disturbed areas in peninsular Florida and the Florida Keys by Small in 1933. Sparingly naturalized.

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Crotalaria incana has been reported from the following 3 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Indian Key Historic State Park Reported
National Key Deer Refuge Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Naturalized




Crotalaria incana has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Crotalaria incana
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Crotalaria incana
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Crotalaria incana
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr