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Rhynchosia tomentosa var. mollissima
Photo is of parent taxon

twining snoutbean
Inflorescences

mostly terminal.
Stipules

caducous.

Rhynchosia tomentosa var. mollissima
Phenology Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Sandy soils, dry pine barrens, roadsides, fields.
Elevation 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA; SC
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Discussion

Variety mollissima is found in the northern half of the Florida peninsula, east Georgia, and a single collection from Beaufort County, South Carolina.

Rhynchosia mollissima (Eliott) Shuttleworth ex S. Watson is an illegitimate name that pertains here.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Rhynchosia > Rhynchosia tomentosa
Sibling taxa
R. tomentosa var. tomentosa
Synonyms Glycine mollissima, Dolicholus mollissimus
Name authority (Elliott) Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 285. (1838)
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