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Tephrosia lindheimeri

Lindheimer's hoary-pea
Habit Herbs.
Stems

prostrate to procumbent or decumbent, 40–100 cm, densely hirsute-pilose, hairs deflexed to spreading, to hirsute or strigose.
Leaves

petiole 15–35 mm;

leaflets (5–)9–13(–17), blades obovate to obtriangular or suborbiculate, 12–30(–35) × 12–23 mm, length 1–2 times width, apex obtuse to retuse, surfaces finely and loosely strigose, adaxial sometimes glabrescent.
Racemes

8–25-flowered, flowers 1 per node, 6–15 cm;

floral bracts caducous, linear-subulate.
Flowers

corolla pink to pink-purple or violet-red, 12–15 mm;

stamens monadelphous;

style bearded.
Legumes

40–50 × 6–8 mm, hirsute.
2n

= 22.

Tephrosia lindheimeri
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul).
Habitat Deep sand, sandy loam, limestone ridges, roadsides, fields, pastures, open oak-hickory and oak woodlands, brushy prairies, live-oak savannas, mesquite uplands.
Elevation 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
TX
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Tephrosia lindheimeri is relatively widespread in south-central Texas.

(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. corallicola, T. curtissii, T. florida, T. hispidula, T. leiocarpa, T. mohrii, T. mysteriosa, T. onobrychoides, T. potosina, T. rugelii, T. spicata, T. tenella, T. thurberi, T. virginiana
Synonyms Cracca lindheimeri
Name authority A. Gray: Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 172. (1850)
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