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coral hoary-pea

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

Phenology Flowering May–Dec.
Habitat Slash pine-saw palmetto com­munities.
Elevation 0–10 m. (0–0 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
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.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Tephrosia
Sibling taxa
T. angustissima, T. chrysophylla, T. curtissii, T. florida, T. hispidula, T. leiocarpa, T. lindheimeri, T. mohrii, T. mysteriosa, T. onobrychoides, T. potosina, T. rugelii, T. spicata, T. tenella, T. thurberi, T. virginiana
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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