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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

Phenology Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Dry woodlands, sandhills, savannas, prairie openings, fields, roadsides.
Elevation 20–300 m. (100–1000 ft.)
Distribution
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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
Sibling taxa
R. americana, R. cinerea, R. cytisoides, R. difformis, R. edulis, R. latifolia, R. michauxii, R. minima, R. parvifolia, R. precatoria, R. swartzii, R. texana, R. tomentosa
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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