Tephrosia thurberi |
Tephrosia onobrychoides |
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Thurber's hoary-pea |
multi-bloom hoary-pea, multibloom tephrosia |
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Habit | Herbs. | Herbs. |
Stems | erect, 30–60 cm, hirsute to hirsute-villous. |
usually ascending to decumbent or reclining, rarely erect, 2–6(–10) cm, strigose to hirsute. |
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 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 | congested, 8–14-flowered, 2–4 cm; floral bracts setaceous, caducous. |
(12–)20–45-flowered, (10–)20–40 cm; floral bracts persistent, linear-subulate. |
Flowers | corolla pink and pink-purple or yellowish, aging pink-purple, 15–18 mm; stamens weakly diadelphous; style bearded. |
corolla white or pink and white, becoming red to purple, 15–18 mm; stamens monadelphous; style bearded. |
Legumes | 30–60 × 4 mm, villosulous. |
40–80 × 4–5 mm, evenly hirsute to hirsutulous or short-strigose. |
Tephrosia thurberi |
Tephrosia onobrychoides |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. | Flowering May–Sep. |
Habitat | Oak or pine woodlands, roadsides. | 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 | 1600–2000 m. (5200–6600 ft.) | 10–200 m. (0–700 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
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AL; AR; LA; MS; OK; TX
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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.) |
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. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Tephrosia | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Tephrosia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Cracca thurberi | Cracca angustifolia, C. onobrychoides, C. texana, T. angustifolia, T. multiflora, T. onobrychoides var. texana, T. texana |
Name authority | (Rydberg) C. E. Wood: Rhodora 51: 265. (1949) | Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 104. (1834) |
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