Tephrosia thurberi |
Tephrosia hispidula |
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Thurber's hoary-pea |
rusty hoarypea, sprawling hoary-pea |
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Habit | Herbs. | Herbs. |
Stems | erect, 30–60 cm, hirsute to hirsute-villous. |
decumbent to erect, 10–50 cm, loosely strigose to villous. |
Leaves | petiole 10–30(–40) mm; leaflets (9–)11–27, blades elliptic to narrowly oblong, 15–30 × (5–)7–13 mm, length 2.5–3.5(–4) times width, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces loosely strigose to sericeous. |
petiole 2–8(–15) mm; leaflets (9 or)11–17(or 19), blades bicolored (darker abaxially), narrowly elliptic to oblong-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 9–20(–25) × 2–6 mm, length 2.5–5 times width, apex acute, abaxial surface finely and evenly sparsely strigose, hairs relatively short, not overlapping, venation distinctly reddish, adaxial glabrate. |
Racemes | congested, 8–14-flowered, 2–4 cm; floral bracts setaceous, caducous. |
axillary and terminal, (1–)3–8-flowered, evident (flowers well above level of leaves), 1.5–15 cm; floral bracts persistent, linear-lanceolate. |
Flowers | corolla pink and pink-purple or yellowish, aging pink-purple, 15–18 mm; stamens weakly diadelphous; style bearded. |
corolla yellowish white, aging reddish to purple, 10–15 mm; stamens diadelphous; style bearded. |
Legumes | 30–60 × 4 mm, villosulous. |
30–50 × 5–6 mm, hirsute-villous. |
Tephrosia thurberi |
Tephrosia hispidula |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Oak or pine woodlands, roadsides. | Riverbanks, sedge bogs, meadows, pine flatwoods, roadsides, ditches, wet habitats, pine savannas, dry woodlands. |
Elevation | 1600–2000 m. (5200–6600 ft.) | 10–50 m. (0–200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
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AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; VA
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Discussion | Tephrosia thurberi is similar to T. virginiana but far disjunct and in a different biome. In the flora area, it is restricted to Cochise and Santa Cruz counties in southeastern Arizona. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Tephrosia hispidula is recognized by its relatively small leaflets with sharply acute apices and strigulose abaxial surfaces with reddish venation. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Tephrosia | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Tephrosia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Cracca thurberi | Galega hispidula, Cracca hispidula |
Name authority | (Rydberg) C. E. Wood: Rhodora 51: 265. (1949) | (Michaux) Persoon: Syn. Pl. 2: 329. (1807) |
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