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):
Orbexilum psoralioides   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Orbexilum pedunculatum var. psoralioides   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Orbexilum pedunculatum var. gracile

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-19-004a:

Psoralea psoralioides var. psoralioides   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Orbexilum gracile

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Sampson's-snakeroot


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image of Orbexilum psoralioides, Eastern Sampson's-snakeroot

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmoppsoralioides_scots1

May    Williamsburg County    SC

Flowers atop a long stalk. Leaves sparse and well-spaced on stem, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Orbexilum psoralioides, Eastern Sampson's-snakeroot

Will Stuart    wil_opedunculatumpsora750

May    Scotland County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Flowers pea-shaped, in dense narrow clusters that look like inverted cones, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Orbexilum psoralioides, Eastern Sampson's-snakeroot

Will Stuart    wil_opedunculatumpsora757

May    Scotland County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Orbexilum psoralioides, Eastern Sampson's-snakeroot

Will Stuart    wilopedunculatumpsora750b

May    Scotland County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Flowers subtended by 6-10mm long bracts with abruptly caudate, 3-5mm long tips, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Orbexilum pedunculatum var. psoralioides   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Orbexilum pedunculatum var. gracile

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-19-004a:
Psoralea psoralioides var. psoralioides   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2692

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, loamy longleaf pine sandhills, open woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bluish-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed persistant calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10(9) stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers in spikelike racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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