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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tephrosia spicata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tephrosia spicata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tephrosia spicata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-34-003:
Tephrosia spicata FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cracca spicata
COMMON NAME:
Spiked Hoary-pea, Brown-hair Tephrosia, Tawny Goat's Rue
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crsp7_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_tephrosia_spicata_3_s
March
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JK Marlow jkm0506q_07b
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flowers white at first, soon turning pink, then reddish purple, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm100624_035
June Greenville County SC
Plants conspicuously tawny long-pilose with rusty brown hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm100624_039
June Greenville County SC
Legume 3-5cm long, 4-6mm broad, sparesly to moderately pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm100624_041
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120623_118c
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120623_125
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaflets 9-17, oblong-obovate to obovate or elliptic, 1-2.7(3.7)cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160611_010
June McCormick County SC
Few-flowered racemes at the ends of long slender axillary or terminal stalks, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm210610_1171
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Flowers initially white, turning overnight to pink and maroon, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210610_1173
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Calyx 6-7mm long, sparsely to more typically dense pilose or villous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s060603_a
June SC
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JK Marlow jkm090704_011
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow s050727_b
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow s050727_c
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
Plant ascending to sprawling, rusty hairy. Leaflets w a sharp-pointed tip, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tephrosia spicata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tephrosia spicata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tephrosia spicata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-34-003:
Tephrosia spicata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cracca spicata
1490
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Sandhills, oak and oak-pine woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC, rare in NC Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-17 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Corolla unicolored: at first white, turning pink, then dark red
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Stamens diadelphous
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p186
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p303
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p346
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p343
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p206
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p141
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p178
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p087
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p049
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