Tephrosia corallicola |
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coral hoary-pea |
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Habit | Subshrubs. |
Stems | erect to ascending-sprawling, 5–70 cm, densely fine-hirsute to hirsute. |
Leaves | petiole 6–15 mm; leaflets 11–15, blades linear to oblong-elliptic or oblong-oblanceolate, (9–)12–30 × 3–6 mm, length 3–5 times width, apex rounded to truncate, surfaces villous-hirsute, abaxial veins reddish. |
Racemes | 5–11-flowered, 4–8 cm; floral bracts persistent, linear. |
Flowers | corolla pale pink to purple, 7–11 mm; stamens monadelphous; style glabrous. |
Legumes | 35–45 × 3–4 mm, sparsely hirsutulous. |
Tephrosia corallicola |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Dec. |
Habitat | Slash pine-saw palmetto communities. |
Elevation | 0–10 m. (0–0 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL |
Discussion | Tephrosia corallicola is known from Collier and Miami-Dade counties; it has been established by cuttings from a Miami-Dade locality in a nearby, similar habitat (K. Wendelberger, http://www.virtualherbarium.org/GardenViews/TephrosiaAngustissima.html). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | Cracca corallicola, T. angustissima var. corallicola |
Name authority | (Small) León: Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio “De La Salle” 10: 304. (1951) |
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