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Thurber's hoary-pea

rusty hoarypea, sprawling hoary-pea

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

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
from FNA
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
T. angustissima, T. chrysophylla, T. corallicola, 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. virginiana
T. angustissima, T. chrysophylla, T. corallicola, T. curtissii, T. florida, T. leiocarpa, T. lindheimeri, T. mohrii, T. mysteriosa, T. onobrychoides, T. potosina, T. rugelii, T. spicata, T. tenella, T. thurberi, T. virginiana
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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