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Thurber's hoary-pea

multi-bloom hoary-pea, multibloom tephrosia

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

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
from FNA
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
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. hispidula, T. leiocarpa, T. lindheimeri, T. mohrii, T. mysteriosa, T. potosina, T. rugelii, T. spicata, T. tenella, T. thurberi, T. virginiana
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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