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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Tephrosia florida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tephrosia florida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tephrosia florida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Tephrosia florida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Tephrosia florida
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-34-002:
Tephrosia florida FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cracca ambigua
COMMON NAME:
Florida Hoarypea, Florida Goat’s-rue
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Tephrosia florida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tephrosia florida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tephrosia florida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Tephrosia florida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Tephrosia florida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-34-002:
Tephrosia florida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cracca ambigua
4725
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas and other pinelands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 7-19 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
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p342
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p206
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p049
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