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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thermopsis villosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thermopsis villosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thermopsis villosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Thermopsis villosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-10-001:
Thermopsis villosa FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thermopsis caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea
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JK Marlow jkm110402_366
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0305t_01
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160516_739
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Sam Pratt sbp052621_0512
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160610_981
June Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
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Keith Bradley kab_t_villosa_0303
June Watauga County NC
Daniel Boone Native Gardens
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Kevin Caldwell kev_2020_06_22_175134
June Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Rachis and calyx tawny-tomentose, pedicels strongly ascendent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Kevin Caldwell kev_2020_06_22_175200
June Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Leaves have conspicuous ovate stipules, 2" long, with clasping basal lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
Aaron's Rod and Golden-banner
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Kevin Caldwell kev_2020_06_22_175425
June Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
A more erect and unbranched plant than our other 2 species, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtvillosa_lvl
June Avery County NC
May grow to 3' or more in height, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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Sam Pratt sbp_image8
June Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm080726_134
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm080726_137
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Legumes closely pressed against the rachis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Rick Huffman frh_7042
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Thermopsis villosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thermopsis villosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thermopsis villosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Thermopsis villosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-10-001:
Thermopsis villosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thermopsis caroliniana
1509
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: floodplains, mesic disturbed areas, woodland edges, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare in Mountains (waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC, where escaped from cultivation)
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Margins entire
Stipules of midstem leaves foliaceous, slightly clasping
No stipels
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate persistent calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a terminal raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p155
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p179
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p399
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p029
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p124
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p141
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p179
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p079