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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thermopsis villosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11 (2023)

Thermopsis villosa

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

Thermopsis villosa

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

Thermopsis villosa

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

Thermopsis villosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-10-001:

Thermopsis villosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Thermopsis caroliniana

 

COMMON NAME:
Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea


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image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

JK Marlow    jkm110402_366

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

JK Marlow    jkm0305t_01

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

JK Marlow    jkm160516_739

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

Sam Pratt    sbp052621_0512

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

JK Marlow    jkm160610_981

June    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

Keith Bradley    kab_t_villosa_0303

June    Watauga County    NC

Daniel Boone Native Gardens

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

Kevin Caldwell    kev_2020_06_22_175134

June    Transylvania County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Rachis and calyx tawny-tomentose, pedicels strongly ascendent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

Kevin Caldwell    kev_2020_06_22_175200

June    Transylvania County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Leaves have conspicuous ovate stipules, 2" long, with clasping basal lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Aaron's Rod and Golden-banner

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

Kevin Caldwell    kev_2020_06_22_175425

June    Transylvania County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

A more erect and unbranched plant than our other 2 species, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmtvillosa_lvl

June    Avery County    NC

May grow to 3' or more in height, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

Sam Pratt    sbp_image8

June    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

JK Marlow    jkm080726_134

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

JK Marlow    jkm080726_137

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Legumes closely pressed against the rachis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Thermopsis villosa, Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

Rick Huffman    frh_7042

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thermopsis villosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11
Thermopsis villosa

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-10-001:
Thermopsis villosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1509

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: floodplains, mesic disturbed areas, woodland edges, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare in Mountains (waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC, where escaped from cultivation)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Margins entire
Stipules of midstem leaves foliaceous, slightly clasping
No stipels

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate persistent calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary

Inflorescence a terminal raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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