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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa

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

Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-43-004:

Rhynchosia tomentosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rhynchosia erecta

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rhynchosia intermedia

 

COMMON NAME:
Twining Snoutbean, Erect Snoutbean


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_doer2_001_lvd

        

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_553212073639378

May    Granville County    NC

Leaves mostly 3-parted w 1-2" leaflets, tho lowermost may be unifoliolate, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).


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JK Marlow    jkm100606_056

June    Union County    SC

image of Rhynchosia tomentosa, Twining Snoutbean, Erect Snoutbean

JK Marlow    jkm100606_058

June    Union County    SC

image of Rhynchosia tomentosa, Twining Snoutbean, Erect Snoutbean

JK Marlow    jkm100606_060

June    Union County    SC

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_r_tomentosa_1

June        

Flowers borne in clusters, terminating branches or arising from leaf axils, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Rhynchosia tomentosa, Twining Snoutbean, Erect Snoutbean

Bill Stringer    wcsrhynchosia_tomentosa

June        

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Bill Stringer    wcsrhynchosiatomentosa_1

June        

Leaflets are densely hairy beneath and feel like velvet, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-43-004:
Rhynchosia tomentosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhynchosia erecta

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhynchosia intermedia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1243

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Xeric woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, barrens, edges, open areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in NC Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules soon deciduous.
No stipels

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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