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):
Arachis glabrata   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arachis glabrata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Arachis glabrata var. glabrata

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

Arachis glabrata var. hagenbeckii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)

Arachis glabrata var. glabrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Arachis prostrata

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

Arachis glabrata

 

COMMON NAME:
Grassnut


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image of Arachis glabrata, Grassnut

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_arachis_prostrata

August        

Flowers papilionoid; corolla 1.8-2 cm long, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arachis glabrata   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arachis glabrata var. glabrata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arachis glabrata var. hagenbeckii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Arachis glabrata var. glabrata

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arachis prostrata

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3583

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Rare, planted on roadsides and spreading

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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 4 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
2-lipped 5-lobed calyx (the upper lip four united lobes)
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, monadelphous

Flowers in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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