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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Orbexilum onobrychis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Orbexilum onobrychis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Orbexilum onobrychis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Orbexilum onobrychis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Orbexilum onobrychis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-19-003:
Psoralea onobrychis FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Orbexilum onobrychis
COMMON NAME:
Lanceleaf Scurfpea, Sainfoin, French-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pson_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Orbexilum onobrychis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Orbexilum onobrychis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Orbexilum onobrychis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Orbexilum onobrychis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Orbexilum onobrychis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-19-003:
Psoralea onobrychis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Orbexilum onobrychis
3262
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: calcareous or mafic woodlands and barrens, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare (historically in NC Mountains, but not recently seen)
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer
Bluish-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed persistant calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10(9) stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
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