Rhynchosia americana |
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American snoutbean |
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Stems | procumbent, trailing, or twining, villous or villosulous, hairs silvery, spreading. |
Leaves | usually unifoliolate, distalmost rarely trifoliolate; stipules persistent, ovate-lanceolate, 2–5 × 1–2.5 mm, apex acuminate; petiole 10–45 mm, villosulous; leaflet blades suborbiculate to reniform, 15–40 × 20–55 mm, leathery, gland-dotted, base cordate, apex broadly rounded, surfaces villosulous abaxially, rugose and finely strigose adaxially. |
Inflorescences | racemes, shorter than leaves, 1.5–5 cm. |
Pedicels | 2–5 mm. |
Flowers | calyx 7–13 mm, villosulous, tube 1.5–2 mm, lobes lanceolate, laterals 6–10 mm, adaxials 2–4 mm; corolla yellow, often tinged brown; banner obovate, 8.5–10 × 6.5–7.5 mm, emarginate, puberulous; wings narrowly oblong, 6.5–7.7 × 2–2.5 mm, glabrous; keel 8–9 × 3–3.5 mm, glabrous; stamens 7.5–8.5 mm. |
Legumes | oblong-ovoid, compressed, 10–15 × 5–8 mm, villosulous. |
Seeds | brown, black, or mottled, subglobose, compressed, 3–4 × 3–3.5 mm. |
Vines | , herbaceous. |
2n | = 22. |
Rhynchosia americana |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer. |
Habitat | Sandy soils, prairies, fields, oak woodlands, roadsides, sand dunes. |
Elevation | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
TX; Mexico (Chiapas, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) |
Discussion | In Texas, Rhynchosia americana occurs in coastal and southern counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | Lathyrus americanus, Glycine menispermoides, Phaseolus menispermoideus, R. menispermoidea |
Name authority | (Miller) Metz: Catholic Univ. Amer., Biol. Ser. 16: 126. (1934) |
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