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):
Acmispon helleri   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lotus unifoliolatus var. helleri   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Acmispon americanus var. helleri

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

Lotus unifoliolatus var. helleri

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

Lotus purshianus var. helleri

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-17-001:

Lotus helleri   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Lotus americanus

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

Acmispon helleri

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Prairie-trefoil


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lotus unifoliolatus var. helleri   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Acmispon americanus var. helleri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lotus unifoliolatus var. helleri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lotus purshianus var. helleri

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-17-001:
Lotus helleri   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lotus americanus

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

 

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4218

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Dry woodlands and openings, originally probably limited to prairie-like sites (fire-maintained, post oak-blackjack oak savannas), generally on clayey soils, now primarily seen on roadbanks, along railroads, and in powerline rights-of-way, where mowing and bush-hogging have replaced fire as the force keeping the habitat open, sunny, and suitable for this plant of prairie affinities, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare in GA & SC

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LEAVES:
Compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Standard pale pink, wings yellowish tinged with pink, keel yellowish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Inflorescence a single flower, usually

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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