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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tephrosia spicata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Tephrosia spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-34-003:

Tephrosia spicata   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cracca spicata

 

COMMON NAME:
Spiked Hoary-pea, Brown-hair Tephrosia, Tawny Goat's Rue


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crsp7_001_lvd

        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_tephrosia_spicata_3_s

March        

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JK Marlow    jkm0506q_07b

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Flowers white at first, soon turning pink, then reddish purple, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Tephrosia spicata, Spiked Hoary-pea, Brown-hair Tephrosia, Tawny Goat's Rue

JK Marlow    jkm100624_035

June    Greenville County    SC

Plants conspicuously tawny long-pilose with rusty brown hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

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JK Marlow    jkm100624_039

June    Greenville County    SC

Legume 3-5cm long, 4-6mm broad, sparesly to moderately pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm100624_041

June    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm120623_118c

June    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm120623_125

June    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Leaflets 9-17, oblong-obovate to obovate or elliptic, 1-2.7(3.7)cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm160611_010

June    McCormick County    SC

Few-flowered racemes at the ends of long slender axillary or terminal stalks, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm210610_1171

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Flowers initially white, turning overnight to pink and maroon, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Tephrosia spicata, Spiked Hoary-pea, Brown-hair Tephrosia, Tawny Goat's Rue

JK Marlow    jkm210610_1173

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Calyx 6-7mm long, sparsely to more typically dense pilose or villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    s060603_a

June        SC

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JK Marlow    jkm090704_011

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    s050727_b

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    s050727_c

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Plant ascending to sprawling, rusty hairy. Leaflets w a sharp-pointed tip, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tephrosia spicata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-34-003:
Tephrosia spicata   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cracca spicata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1490

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Sandhills, oak and oak-pine woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC, rare in NC Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-17 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
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

 

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