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Habitat: Dry woodlands and openings
Leaflets mostly ovate or lance-shaped but sometimes linear, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Flowers egg-shaped to nearly round, usually a white spot in center, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Calyx tube broadly hemispheric; lobes linear-subulate, the lowermost longest, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Fruit a flattened 2-5" linear pod, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Legume flattened, 7-14cm, with an elongate, persistent, beak-like style, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Habitat: Dry woodlands and openings, roadsides
Leaflets ovate or elliptic, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Large flowers on stalks from the leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
The calyx has a long tube and shorter lobes (vs. the opposite in Centrosema), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Fruit a 1-2.5" legume, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
The standard up to 2" high, the wings & keel much smaller, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).