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Chihuahuan snoutbean

praying snoutbean, rosary snoutbean

Habit Herbs. Subshrubs.
Stems

erect, suberect, decumbent, procumbent, or twining, viscid, hirsute, hairs yellowish.

sprawling or twining, gland-dotted, rarely viscid, villous or villosulous, hairs silvery or grayish and silvery intermixed.

Leaves

trifoliolate;

stipules persistent, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 3–9 × 0.5–1.5 mm, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces hirsute;

petiole 15–55 mm, hirsute;

leaflet blades lanceolate to obovate-oblong or ovate-deltate, 15–70 × 10–60 mm, membranous or leathery, gland-dotted, often viscid, base obtuse to rounded or truncate, margins ciliate, slightly revolute, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces strongly reticulate and sparsely to densely hirsute abaxially, strigulose to strigose adaxially.

trifoliolate;

stipules early deciduous, ovate or lanceolate, 4–6 × 1.5–2 mm, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces villosulous;

petiole 1–7 mm, rarely viscid, villous or villosulous;

leaflet blades obovate to ovate-lanceolate or ovate-rhombic to rhombic, 20–130 × 15–100 mm, leathery, gland-dotted, base rounded to obtuse or cuneate, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces villous or villosulous abaxially, villous or villosulous adaxially, rarely glabrescent.

Inflorescences

racemes, equal to or longer than leaves, 2.5–20 cm.

racemes, longer than leaves, 5–30 cm.

Pedicels

1–3 mm.

1–2 mm.

Flowers

calyx 4–7 mm, hirsute, tube 1.5–2 mm, lobes lanceolate, laterals 2–2.5 mm, lengths to 2.5 times tube, adaxials 1.5–3 mm;

corolla yellow, striped reddish brown or purple;

banner widely ovate to obovate, 7–10 × 4–5 mm, slightly apiculate, hirtellous and gland-dotted;

wings narrowly oblong, 6.5–9 × 1.5–2 mm, gland-dotted, puberulent apically;

keel 6.5–9 × 2–3 mm, glabrous;

stamens 6–9 mm.

calyx 4–5 mm, villosulous, often viscid, tube 2–2.5 mm, lobes lanceolate, laterals 2–3 mm, lengths to 2.5 times tube, adaxials 1–1.5 mm;

corolla green-yellow, streaked purple or brown;

banner orbiculate, 8–9 × 6–7 mm, emarginate, villosulous, gland-dotted;

wings oblong, 6–7 × 2–2.5 mm, often gland-dotted, puberulent apically;

keel 6–8 × 3–3.5 mm, puberulent apically;

stamens 8–9 mm.

Legumes

oblong-ovoid, compressed, 16–26 × 6–8 mm, often viscid, long-hirsute to puberulent, hairs intermixed, glabrescent.

brown or greenish, widely ovoid-oblong, subinflated, constricted, 20–30 × 7–12 mm, gland-dotted, rarely viscid, densely villosulous to puberulent.

Seeds

greenish brown or mottled, widely ovoid to subglobose, compressed, 4–5 × 3–4 mm.

red and black, subglobose to ovoid, plump, 5–8 × 4–6 mm.

Rhynchosia edulis

Rhynchosia precatoria

Phenology Flowering spring–summer. Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Sandy or clay soils of woodland, thickets, ravines, pastures, stream banks, roadsides. Sandy soils or limestone, open areas, thickets, forests.
Elevation 800–1500 m. (2600–4900 ft.) (0–20) or 600–1200 m. ((0–100) or 2000–3900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; Central America; South America; Mexico (Chiapas, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Veracruz)
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from FNA
AZ; FL; Central America; South America; Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Veracruz)
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Discussion

In Arizona, Rhynchosia edulis is found only in Santa Cruz County.

Dolicholus melanostictus (Grisebach) Kuntze is an illegitimate name that pertains here.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Rhynchosia precatoria is native in Santa Cruz County, Arizona; it is considered introduced in Florida, where it is found in Miami-Dade County.

Glycine precatoria Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow is a superfluous and illegitimate name that pertains here.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Rhynchosia Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Rhynchosia
Sibling taxa
R. americana, R. cinerea, R. cytisoides, R. difformis, R. latifolia, R. michauxii, R. minima, R. parvifolia, R. precatoria, R. reniformis, R. swartzii, R. texana, R. tomentosa
R. americana, R. cinerea, R. cytisoides, R. difformis, R. edulis, R. latifolia, R. michauxii, R. minima, R. parvifolia, R. reniformis, R. swartzii, R. texana, R. tomentosa
Synonyms Dolicholus apoloensis, D. ixodes, Eriosema edule, E. nigropunctatum, E. volubile, R. apoloensis, R. ixodes, R. melanosticta, R. nigropunctata, R. pinetorum, R. rariflora, R. rupicola Dolicholus vailiae, Indigofera volubilis, R. bicolor
Name authority Grisebach: Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 123. (1874) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle: Prodr. 2: 385. (1825)
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