OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tephrosia hispidula   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tephrosia hispidula   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Tephrosia hispidula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Tephrosia hispidula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-34-004:

Tephrosia hispidula   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cracca hispidula

 

COMMON NAME:
Sprawling Hoary-pea


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image of Tephrosia hispidula, Sprawling Hoary-pea

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crhi5_001_lvd

        

image of Tephrosia hispidula, Sprawling Hoary-pea

JK Marlow    jkm0505u_02

May    Williamsburg County    SC

Leaves ~ 5-11cm long; leaflets oblong to ovate-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE pinnately compound leaves of forbs

image of Tephrosia hispidula, Sprawling Hoary-pea

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmthispidula_scotts1

May    Williamsburg County    SC

Petals at first white, turning pink and then carmine, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tephrosia hispidula   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tephrosia hispidula   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tephrosia hispidula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Tephrosia hispidula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-34-004:
Tephrosia hispidula   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cracca hispidula

 

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1983

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas and other pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-23 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Corolla unicolored: at first white, turning pink, then dark red
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Stamens diadelphous
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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