Your search found 11 image(s) of Aaron's Rod and Golden-banner.
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Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea
Thermopsis villosa
Look for it in floodplains, mesic disturbed areas, woodland edges, roadbanks. It is generally found in disturbed sites, its natural habitat somewhat of a mystery
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A more erect and unbranched plant than our other 2 species, per Weakley's Flora.
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Rachis and calyx tawny-tomentose, pedicels strongly ascendent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Legumes closely pressed against the rachis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Leaves have conspicuous ovate stipules, 2" long, with clasping basal lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Appalachian Golden-banner, Bush Pea
Thermopsis mollis
Look for it on dry slopes and ridges
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Leaves have narrow stipules that do not clasp the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Pedicels shorter than the bracts, per Weakley's Flora.
Ash-leaf Golden-banner
Thermopsis fraxinifolia
Look for it on dry slopes and ridges
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Pedicels as long or longer than the bracts. Calyx glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.
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Legumes flattened, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Legumes spreading or at least not strictly erect, on a short stalk, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Leaves have narrow stipules that do not clasp the stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.