Your search found 14 image(s) of Aaron's Rod and Golden-banner.
Clicking or hovering over any of the pictures below will display a larger image; clicking the plant's name will provide information about the plant pictured.
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
)
)
Rachis and calyx tawny-tomentose, pedicels strongly ascendent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
)
Leaves have conspicuous ovate stipules, 2" long, with clasping basal lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
)
A more erect and unbranched plant than our other 2 species, per Weakley's Flora.
)
Legumes closely pressed against the rachis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Appalachian Golden-banner, Allegheny Mountain Golden-banner, Bush Pea
Thermopsis mollis
Look for it on dry slopes and ridges
)
)
Leaves have narrow stipules that do not clasp the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
)
Calyx pubescent, the lobes 2-2.5mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
)
Pedicels shorter than the bracts, per Weakley's Flora.
Ashleaf Golden-banner
Thermopsis fraxinifolia
Look for it on dry slopes and ridges
)
Legumes flattened, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
)
Legumes spreading or at least not strictly erect, on a short stalk, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
)
Leaves have narrow stipules that do not clasp the stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
)
Pedicels as long or longer than the bracts. Calyx glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.
)
Raceme loosely flowered, per Leguminosae (Fabaceae), vol 3, part 2, Vascular flora of the southeastern United States (Isely, 1990).