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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zornia bracteata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Zornia bracteata

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

Zornia bracteata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-23-001:

Zornia bracteata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Zornia bracteata

 

COMMON NAME:
Viperina, Zornia


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image of Zornia bracteata, Viperina, Zornia

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_zobr_001_pvd

        

image of Zornia bracteata, Viperina, Zornia

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_zornia_bracteata2

July    Richmond County    NC

Stems radiate erratically from a central point, erect, ascending or trailing, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Zornia bracteata, Viperina, Zornia

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_zornia_bracteata2b

July    Richmond County    NC

Flowers pea-shaped, borne in spikes, the petals deep yellow, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Zornia bracteata, Viperina, Zornia

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_zornia_bracteata2c

July    Richmond County    NC

The palmately 4-foliolate leaves are unique, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).


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image of Zornia bracteata, Viperina, Zornia

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_zornia_bracteata3

July    Richmond County    NC

image of Zornia bracteata, Viperina, Zornia

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_zornia_bracteata3b

July    Richmond County    NC

Each flower is enveloped by two closely appressed, striate, ciliate bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zornia bracteata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-23-001:
Zornia bracteata   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2973

Forb
Annual

Habitat: pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands, sandy roadsides, rarely disjunct inland in sandy soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 4 leaflets (rarely 1-3)
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
2-lipped calyx
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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