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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tephrosia hispidula
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Sprawling Hoary-pea from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crhi5_001_lvd
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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).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p303
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p346
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p206
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