OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 209 taxa in the family Fabaceae, Pea or Bean family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

                           

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mimosa, Silktree, Albizia

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Albizia julibrissin   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Albizia julibrissin   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Albizia julibrissin 098-01-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, suburban woodlots, escaped and persistent in forests and woodlands

Common

Non-native: warm-temperate and subtropical Asia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Littleleaf Sensitive-briar, Eastern Sensitive-briar

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mimosa microphylla   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mimosa microphylla   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Schrankia microphylla 098-02-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands and forests, dry disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Florida Sensitive-briar, Powderpuff Mimosa

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mimosa floridana   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mimosa quadrivalvis var. floridana   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric longleaf pine sandhills and other dry, sandy habitats

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mimosa Vine, Sensitive Vine, Powderpuff Mimosa, Vergonzosa

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mimosa strigillosa   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mimosa strigillosa   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Floodplain forests, open wet areas, also cultivated

Uncommon

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Illinois Bundleflower, Prairie Mimosa, Common Bundleflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Desmanthus illinoensis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Desmanthus illinoensis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Desmanthus illinoensis 098-03-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Prairies, open woodlands, barrens, marsh edges, disturbed areas

Rare

Native: south & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Cercis canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cercis canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cercis canadensis 098-04-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Moist to dry forests and woodlands, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, also commonly planted as an ornamental

Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Coffeeweed, Sicklepod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Senna obtusifolia   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Senna obtusifolia   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cassia obtusifolia 098-05-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Fields (especially soybean fields), disturbed areas

Common (rare in NC Mountains)

Non-native: New World tropics?

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Northern Wild Senna

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Senna hebecarpa   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Senna hebecarpa   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cassia hebecarpa 098-05-003   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Open wet habitats, moist forests

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Maryland Wild Senna, Maryland Senna

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Senna marilandica   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Senna marilandica   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cassia marilandica 098-05-004   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Dry to moist forests, especially on greenstone and diabase barrens and rocky woodlands, thickets, woodland borders, sometimes somewhat weedy

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Partridge-pea, Showy Partridge Pea

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cassia fasciculata 098-05-005   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, fencerows, and a wide range of other habitats

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Sensitive Partridge-pea, Common Sensitive-plant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cassia nictitans 098-05-006   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Forests, woodlands, disturbed areas, pine savannas, and a wide variety of other habitats

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Honey Locust

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gleditsia triacanthos   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gleditsia triacanthos   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gleditsia triacanthos 098-06-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, forests (generally bottomland), fencerows, often planted as a street tree

Common in Carolina Piedmont & SC Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to parts of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Water Locust

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gleditsia aquatica   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gleditsia aquatica   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gleditsia aquatica 098-06-002   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Swamp forests, marshes

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Kentucky Coffeetree, Kentucky Mahogany

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gymnocladus dioicus   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gymnocladus dioicus   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gymnocladus dioica 098-07-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Native in bottomland and riparian forests, mesic upland forests and woodlands, stream banks, swamp margins, often along rivers; also in disturbed areas, persistent and weakly spreading from horticultural plantings

Rare or waif(s)

Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Kentucky Yellowwood, Gopherwood

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cladrastis kentukea   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cladrastis kentukea   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cladrastis lutea 098-08-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Mountain forests, Piedmont bluffs, especially on calcareous or mafic rocks (introduced only in the Piedmont of NC)

Rare or waif(s)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Gopherweed, Catbells

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia perfoliata   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia perfoliata   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia perfoliata 098-09-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hairy Rattleweed, Hairy Wild Indigo

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia arachnifera   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia arachnifera   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia australis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia australis var. australis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia australis 098-09-002   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Riverbank scour areas, gravel bars, and disturbed areas (where persisting from cultivation)

Rare or waif(s)

Native to Georgia & TN & northwards (original range obscured by cultivation)

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia aberrans   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia australis var. aberrans   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia australis 098-09-002?   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Glades, barrens, and open woodlands over limestone (or other calcareous rocks) and diabase (or other mafic rocks), in areas that were formerly prairies, barrens, glades, or oak savannas

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Carolina Wild Indigo, Gray-hairy Wild Indigo

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia cinerea   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia cinerea   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia cinerea 098-09-003   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy woods

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (where it is a narrow endemic), rare elsewhere

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Creamy Wild Indigo

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia bracteata   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia bracteata var. bracteata   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia bracteata 098-09-004   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Dry ridgetop woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands

Uncommon (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: longbract wild indigo

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia leucophaea +   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Look for it in pinelands and, depending on variety, woodlands or coastal prairies

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia lanceolata var. lanceolata   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia lanceolata 098-09-006   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods

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

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Nuttall's Wild Indigo

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia nuttalliana   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia nuttalliana   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands and prairies

Native: south central US

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia tinctoria   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia tinctoria   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia tinctoria 098-09-007   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, xeric oak and pine woodlands, ridges, woodland edges, cobblebars, and roadbanks

Common (rare in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: a hybrid Wild Indigo

Baptisia ×serenae

PLANTS National Database: Baptisia ×serenae [albescens × tinctoria]   FAMILY: Fabaceae

Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia serenae 098-09-008   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Rare?

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Narrow-pod White Wild Indigo, Spiked Wild Indigo

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia albescens   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia albescens   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia alba 098-09-009   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Dry woodlands, pine flatwoods, roadsides

Uncommon (rare in GA & NC Mountains) (rare in GA Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Thick-pod White Wild Indigo

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia alba   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia alba var. alba   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Baptisia pendula 098-09-010   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Dry woodlands, pine flatwoods, roadsides

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: white wild indigo

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia lactea   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Baptisia alba var. macrophylla   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, prairies, roadsides

Rare

Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Apalachicola Wild Indigo, Bigpod Wild Indigo

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Baptisia megacarpa   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Baptisia megacarpa   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests of floodplains and lower slopes

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Thermopsis villosa   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thermopsis villosa   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thermopsis villosa 098-10-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Floodplains, mesic disturbed areas, woodland edges, roadbanks

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

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Appalachian Golden-banner, Allegheny Mountain Golden-banner, Bush Pea

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Thermopsis mollis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thermopsis mollis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thermopsis mollis 098-10-002   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Montane oak-hickory forests and woodlands, granitic dome margins, other dry slopes and ridges

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Ashleaf Golden-banner

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Thermopsis fraxinifolia   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Thermopsis fraxinifolia   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Thermopsis fraxinifolia 098-10-003   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Dry slopes and ridges with oak and/or pine canopy, pine-oak heaths and savannas

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Coastal Plain Rattlebox, Pursh's Rattlebox

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crotalaria purshii   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Crotalaria purshii   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Crotalaria purshii 098-11-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic to dry pinelands, sandy openings, roadsides

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Low Rattlebox, Rabbitbells

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crotalaria rotundifolia   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Crotalaria rotundifolia   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Crotalaria angulata 098-11-002   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Sandy forests and woodlands, roadsides

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Low Rattlebox, Rabbitbells

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crotalaria maritima   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Crotalaria rotundifolia   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Crotalaria angulata 098-11-002?   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Sandy forests and woodlands, roadsides

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Arrowhead Rattlebox, Common Rattlebox

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crotalaria sagittalis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Crotalaria sagittalis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Crotalaria sagittalis 098-11-003   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, woodland edges, barrens, prairies, openings, fields

Uncommon (rare in NC Mountains) (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Showy Rattlebox

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crotalaria spectabilis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Crotalaria spectabilis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Crotalaria spectabilis 098-11-004   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (rare in Mountains)

Non-native: southern Asia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Smooth Rattlebox

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crotalaria pallida var. obovata   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Crotalaria pallida var. obovata   FAMILY: Fabaceae

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Crotalaria mucronata 098-11-006   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides and fields

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Non-native: Africa

 


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camera icon Common Name: Slenderleaf Rattlebox

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crotalaria ochroleuca   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Crotalaria ochroleuca   FAMILY: Fabaceae

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Crotalaria intermedia 098-11-007   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides and sandy fields

Rare

Non-native: Africa

 


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camera icon Common Name: Northern Sundial Lupine

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lupinus perennis var. perennis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis var. perennis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lupinus perennis 098-12-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy roadsides, other dry (and usually sandy and nutrient-poor) habitats

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas

 


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Common Name: Southern Sundial Lupine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lupinus perennis var. gracilis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lupinus perennis ssp. gracilis   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lupinus perennis 098-12-001?   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and sandy or dry rocky roadsides

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to Georgia & South Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Blue Sandhill Lupine, Sky-blue Lupine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lupinus diffusus   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Lupinus diffusus   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lupinus diffusus 098-12-002   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy roadsides

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Lady Lupine, Pink Sandhill Lupine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lupinus villosus   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lupinus villosus   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lupinus villosus 098-12-003   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy roadsides

Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Narrowleaf Lupine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lupinus angustifolius   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lupinus angustifolius   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Scotch Broom

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cytisus scoparius   FAMILY: Fabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cytisus scoparius var. scoparius   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cytisus scoparius 098-13-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Roadbanks, woodland borders, disturbed areas

Common in SC Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in NC Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Persian Clover, Reversed Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium resupinatum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium resupinatum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trifolium resupinatum 098-14-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns and disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: Mediterranean region & western Asia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Rabbitfoot Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium arvense   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium arvense   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trifolium arvense 098-14-003   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, shale barrens

Common (rare in GA Mountains)

Non-native: Mediterranean region

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Crimson Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium incarnatum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium incarnatum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trifolium incarnatum 098-14-004   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in Mountains, uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Red Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium pratense   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium pratense   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trifolium pratense 098-14-005   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium repens   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium repens   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trifolium repens 098-14-008   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Alsike Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium hybridum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium hybridum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trifolium hybridum 098-14-009   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (rare in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Buffalo Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium reflexum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium reflexum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trifolium reflexum 098-14-010   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Open woodlands, woodland edges, dry shaly places

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Carolina Clover, Wild White Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium carolinianum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium carolinianum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trifolium carolinianum 098-14-011   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Open woodlands, woodland edges, pine savannas, thin soils around rock outcrops, disturbed areas

Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Large Hop Clover, Yellow Clover, Golden Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium aureum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium aureum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trifolium agrarium 098-14-012   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common in NC Mountains, rare or waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium campestre   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium campestre   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trifolium campestre 098-14-013   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, lawns, disturbed areas

Common

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Least Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Suckling Clover, Little Hop Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium dubium   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium dubium   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trifolium dubium 098-14-014   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)

Non-native: Europe

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Strawberry Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium fragiferum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium fragiferum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: Middle East

 


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camera icon Common Name: Arrowleaf Clover

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trifolium vesiculosum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trifolium vesiculosum   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas

Uncommon (rare in SC Coastal Plain)

Non-native: southern Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Small Melilot, Sourclover, Indian Sweetclover, Alfalfilla

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Melilotus indicus   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Melilotus indicus   FAMILY: Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Melilotus indica 098-15-001   FAMILY: Fabaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

 


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