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Tephrosia mohrii

dwarf goat's-rue, pineland hoarypea
Habit Herbs.
Stems

erect, 10–15(–20) cm, strigulose.
Leaves

petiole 3–10 mm;

leaflets (9–)13–27, blades elliptic to oblong or obovate-oblong, 6–12 × 4–5.5 mm, length 1.8–2.8 times width, apex obtuse or rounded to truncate, surfaces strigose, adaxial sparsely so.
Racemes

4–12-flowered, flowers mostly axillary in distal portion of leafy stems;

floral bracts caducous, setaceous.
Flowers

corolla cream, pink, and white (banner cream, wings and keel dark pink to white), 13–17 mm;

stamens monadelphous;

style bearded.
Legumes

36–58 × 4–5.5 mm, strigose.

Tephrosia mohrii
Phenology Flowering (Mar–)Apr–May(–Jul).
Habitat Sandhills and sand ridges with turkey oak or longleaf pine, mixed with yaupon, turkey oak, sand live-oak, and laurel oak, sandy roadsides.
Elevation 10–100 m. (0–300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Tephrosia mohrii is known from Covington and Houston counties in Alabama; Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton counties in Florida; and Ben Hill and Grady counties in Georgia. The species appears to intergrade with T. virginiana.

(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. lindheimeri, T. mysteriosa, T. onobrychoides, T. potosina, T. rugelii, T. spicata, T. tenella, T. thurberi, T. virginiana
Synonyms Cracca mohrii, T. virginiana var. mohrii
Name authority (Rydberg) R. K. Godfrey: Brittonia 10: 169. (1958)
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