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yellow necklacepod

Leaflet

blades broadly elliptic or suborbiculate, base subcordate, slightly asymmetrical, surfaces tomentulose abaxially.

Flowers

23–25 mm;

calyx 7–8 mm.

Sophora tomentosa subsp. occidentalis

Phenology Flowering Mar–Oct (year-round).
Habitat Sandy coastal ridges, flats behind dunes, among coastal rocks.
Elevation 0–10 m. (0–0 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; TX; Central America; Mexico (Baja California Sur); n South America; w Africa
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Discussion

Subspecies occidentalis is known from peninsular Florida, where it is considered rare, from Martin, Miami-Dade, Pinellas, and Sarasota counties. In Texas, the subspecies is known from coastal areas from Refugio County southward to Cameron County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Sophora > Sophora tomentosa
Sibling taxa
S. tomentosa subsp. bahamensis
Synonyms S. occidentalis, S. havanensis
Name authority (Linnaeus) Brummitt: Kirkia 5: 265. (1966)
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