Aeschynomene americana |
Aeschynomene americana var. americana |
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shyleaf |
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Habit | Herbs, annual or perennial, not darkening on drying. | |
Stems | erect, to 2.5 m, ± glabrous or glandular-hirsute, hairs bulbous-based. |
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Leaves | 1–7 cm; stipules peltate, (5–)10–25 × 1–4 mm, apex attenuate; leaflets 20–60, blades apparently 2–4-veined, asymmetric, subfalcate, linear-oblong, 4–15 × 1–2 mm, margins ciliate-denticulate, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered, racemes, axis hispidulous. |
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Flowers | calyx 3–6 mm, bilabiate, abaxial lip 3-parted, adaxial lip 2-parted, glabrous or hispidulous; corolla yellowish to orange or tan, usually with red or purplish lines, 5–10 mm, banner glabrous; gynophore 1–3 mm, continuous with proximal segment, glabrate. |
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Seeds | dark brown, 2–3 × 1.5–2 mm. |
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Loments | abaxial margin crenate, adaxial margin straight or curved, sutures between segments prominent, margins not separating from valves; segments (3–)6–8(–9), semiglobose, 2.5–5 × 3–6 mm, reticulate venation conspicuous, especially near margins, center of each usually muricate or verrucose, faces usually glabrous or puberulent, rarely hispidulous, hairs bulbous-based, glandular. |
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2n | = 20. |
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Aeschynomene americana |
Aeschynomene americana var. americana |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Nov. | |
Habitat | Disturbed areas, edges of fields, wet roadsides. | |
Elevation | 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.) | |
Distribution |
se United States; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in Asia, Africa]
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FL; GA; LA; MD; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in Asia, Africa] |
Discussion | Varieties 2 (1 in the flora). Variety flabellata Rudd occurs in Mexico and Central America. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Variety americana is used for forage in Florida with various grasses in permanent pastures (A. E. Kretschmer and R. C. Bullock 1980). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Aeschynomene | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Aeschynomene > Aeschynomene americana |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 713. (1753) | unknown |
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