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Chihuahuan snoutbean

Habit Herbs.
Stems

usually ascending or erect, rarely twining, glabrous or sparsely to densely hirtellous, hairs grayish.

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

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.

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.

Inflorescences

crowded in densely packed heads, flowers numerous, shorter than leaves, 1–3.5 cm.

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

Pedicels

1–3 mm.

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.

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.

Legumes

oblong-ellipsoid, compressed, 13–18 × 5–7 mm, gland-dotted, hirtellous.

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

Seeds

brown, black, or mottled, subglobose, compressed, 3 × 3 mm.

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

Vines

, herbaceous.

Rhynchosia reniformis

Rhynchosia edulis

Phenology Flowering spring–summer. Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Dry woodlands, sandhills, savannas, prairie openings, fields, roadsides. Sandy or clay soils of woodland, thickets, ravines, pastures, stream banks, roadsides.
Elevation 20–300 m. (100–1000 ft.) 800–1500 m. (2600–4900 ft.)
Distribution
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AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TN; TX
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from FNA
AZ; Central America; South America; Mexico (Chiapas, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Veracruz)
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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.)

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.)

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. edulis, R. latifolia, R. michauxii, R. minima, R. parvifolia, R. precatoria, R. swartzii, R. texana, R. tomentosa
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
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 Dolicholus apoloensis, D. ixodes, Eriosema edule, E. nigropunctatum, E. volubile, R. apoloensis, R. ixodes, R. melanosticta, R. nigropunctata, R. pinetorum, R. rariflora, R. rupicola
Name authority de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle: Prodr. 2: 384. (1825) Grisebach: Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 123. (1874)
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