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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhynchosia reniformis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Dollarweed from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchosia reniformis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhynchosia reniformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Rhynchosia reniformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-43-001:
Rhynchosia reniformis FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhynchosia simplicifolius
COMMON NAME:
Dollarweed, Dollarleaf Snoutbean, Roundleaf Snoutbean
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dosi_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_r_reniformis_900
May Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Grows in similar habitats as R. difformis but has 1-foliate leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Will Stuart wil_r_reniformis_900b
May Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Flowers are pealike, bright yellow, about 12mm long, and densely clustered, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Will Stuart wil_r_reniformis_913
May Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Leaf blades rounded to kidney-shaped, 2-5cm long and wide, long-stalked, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhynchosia reniformis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchosia reniformis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhynchosia reniformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Rhynchosia reniformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-43-001:
Rhynchosia reniformis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhynchosia simplicifolius
3111
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Unifoliolate (technically compound but having only 1 leaflet and appearing simple), rarely with a few upper leaves trifoliolate
Mostly alternate, closely spaced, often appearing to be a basal rosette
Leaves have long petioles.
Stipules are persistent.
Stipels persistent.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bright yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p192
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p158
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p301
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p336
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p220
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p170
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p040
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p203
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p064
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