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Chihuahuan snoutbean

swartz's snoutbean

Habit Herbs. Herbs or subshrubs.
Stems

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

trailing or twining, gland-dotted, soft-hirsute, hairs silvery.

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 persistent, narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 3–4 × 0.5–1.5 mm, acuminate, surfaces hirtellous;

petiole 10–60 mm, hirsute;

leaflet blades ovate, 20–60 × 15–45 mm, membranous, gland-dotted abaxially, base obtuse, rounded, or truncate, apex acute or long-acuminate, surfaces hirsute abaxially, glabrous or hirsute adaxially.

Inflorescences

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

racemes, longer than leaves, 1–6 cm.

Pedicels

1–3 mm.

filiform, 2–4 mm, viscid.

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 3.5–5 mm, hirsute-viscid, tube 2.5–5 mm, lobes broadly lanceolate, laterals 1.5–2 mm, lengths to 2.5 times tube, adaxials 0.5–1 mm;

corolla yellow;

banner obovate, 5–8 × 3–4.5 mm, marginate, puberulent, gland-dotted;

wings oblong, 4–5 × 1–1.5 mm, glabrous;

keel 4.5–5 × 2-2.5 mm, glabrous;

stamens 3.5–5 mm.

Legumes

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

brown, acinaciform, compressed, 25–40 × 5–9 mm, tapered toward base, densely puberulent, hairs long, scattered.

Seeds

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

brown to red, reniform, barely compressed, 4–6 × 3–3.5 mm.

Rhynchosia edulis

Rhynchosia swartzii

Phenology Flowering spring–summer. Flowering spring.
Habitat Sandy or clay soils of woodland, thickets, ravines, pastures, stream banks, roadsides. Sandy soils, hammocks, thickets, open woods, pastures, roadsides.
Elevation 800–1500 m. (2600–4900 ft.) 0–10 m. (0–0 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
FL; s Mexico; West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles)
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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.)

In the flora area, Rhynchosia swartzii is found in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.

(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. precatoria, R. reniformis, 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 swartzii, R. gundlachii
Name authority Grisebach: Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 123. (1874) (Vail) Urban: Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 320. (1918)
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