Rhynchosia reniformis |
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dollarleaf |
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Stems | usually ascending or erect, rarely twining, glabrous or sparsely to densely hirtellous, hairs grayish. |
Leaves | usually unifoliolate, distalmost rarely trifoliolate; stipules persistent, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 4–15 × 1–4.5 mm, apex acute to acuminate; petiole 15–45 mm, hirtellous; leaflet blades suborbiculate to reniform or ovate to oblong, 20–50 × 25–70 mm, leathery, gland-dotted, base truncate, broadly rounded to cuneate, or subcordate, apex obtuse, broadly rounded, emarginate to mucronate, surfaces reticulate and hirtellous abaxially, rugose and strigulose, glabrescent adaxially. |
Inflorescences | crowded in densely packed heads, flowers numerous, shorter than leaves, 1–3.5 cm. |
Pedicels | 1–3 mm. |
Flowers | calyx 7–10 mm, densely hirtellous, gland-dotted, tube 1.5–2 mm, lobes linear-lanceolate, laterals 7–8 mm, adaxials 2 mm; corolla yellow; banner elliptic-ovate, 6.5–7 × 6–6.5 mm, emarginate, glabrous; wings narrowly oblong, 6.5–7 × 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous; keel 6.7–7 × 2–2.5 mm, glabrous; stamens 6–7 mm. |
Legumes | oblong-ellipsoid, compressed, 13–18 × 5–7 mm, gland-dotted, hirtellous. |
Seeds | brown, black, or mottled, subglobose, compressed, 3 × 3 mm. |
Vines | , herbaceous. |
Rhynchosia reniformis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer. |
Habitat | Dry woodlands, sandhills, savannas, prairie openings, fields, roadsides. |
Elevation | 20–300 m. (100–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TN; TX
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Discussion | In Texas, Rhynchosia reniformis is known from relatively few counties in the easternmost part of the state. Glycine monophylla (Michaux) Nuttall, G. reniformis Pursh, Rhynchosia intermedia (Torrey & A. Gray) Small, and R. simplicifolia (Walter) Alph. Wood are illegitimate names that pertain here. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Rhynchosia |
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Synonyms | Arcyphyllum simplicifolium, Dolicholus intermedius, D. simplicifolius, Glycine simplicifolia, G. tomentosa var. monophylla, Psoralea alnifolia, P. alopecurina, R. simplicifolia var. intermedia, R. tomentosa var. intermedia, R. tomentosa var. monophylla, Trifolium simplicifolium |
Name authority | de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle: Prodr. 2: 384. (1825) |
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