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Tephrosia onobrychoides

multi-bloom hoary-pea, multibloom tephrosia
Habit Herbs.
Stems

usually ascending to decumbent or reclining, rarely erect, 2–6(–10) cm, strigose to hirsute.
Leaves

petiole 20–60 mm;

leaflets (9–)13–25(–29), blades obovate, elliptic to oblong-oblanceolate, or linear-oblanceolate, (15–)20–50 × 4–16(–20) mm, length 2.5–5 times width, apex obtuse to rounded or truncate, abaxial surface strigose, adaxial glabrous.
Racemes

(12–)20–45-flowered, (10–)20–40 cm;

floral bracts persistent, linear-subulate.
Flowers

corolla white or pink and white, becoming red to purple, 15–18 mm;

stamens monadelphous;

style bearded.
Legumes

40–80 × 4–5 mm, evenly hirsute to hirsutulous or short-strigose.

Tephrosia onobrychoides
Phenology Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat Fencerows, roadsides, fields, wet ditches, prairie strips along railroads, prairies, pine and pine-oak woods, longleaf pine woodlands, pineland bogs, sand, sandy clay, gravelly clay.
Elevation 10–200 m. (0–700 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; LA; MS; OK; TX
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Discussion

In Texas, Tephrosia onobrychoides is known from numerous counties in the eastern half of the state.

(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. mohrii, T. mysteriosa, T. potosina, T. rugelii, T. spicata, T. tenella, T. thurberi, T. virginiana
Synonyms Cracca angustifolia, C. onobrychoides, C. texana, T. angustifolia, T. multiflora, T. onobrychoides var. texana, T. texana
Name authority Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 104. (1834)
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