Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Appalachian Golden-banner from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Thermopsis mollis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thermopsis mollis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Thermopsis mollis var. mollis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-10-002:
Thermopsis mollis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thermopsis hugeri
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Thermopsis mollis
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Golden-banner, Allegheny Mountain Golden-banner, Bush Pea
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JK Marlow jkm090425_059
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090425_061b
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Leaves have narrow stipules that do not clasp the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
Aaron's Rod and Golden-banner
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JK Marlow jkm090425_068
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090425_068b
April Pickens County
Nine Times Preserve
Calyx pubescent, the lobes 2-2.5mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090425_076
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmollis_poecr
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmollis_0
April-May?
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmollis_2
April-May?
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_thermopsis_mollis_3
May
Pedicels shorter than the bracts, per Weakley's Flora.