Tephrosia virginiana
goat's-rue, Virginia tephrosia, wild goat's-rue
erect, 30–70 cm, densely villous or sericeous to sparsely strigulose or glabrate.
petiole 1–5(–10) mm;
leaflets (9–)13–23(–35), blades elliptic to oblong, 10–25(–30) × (3–)4–7 mm, length 2–5(–6) times width, apex obtuse or rounded to truncate, surfaces strigose to sericeous.
10–40-flowered, 2–8 cm, mostly above level of leaves;
floral bracts caducous, setaceous.
corolla yellow and pink (banner yellow, wings pink, keel yellow-pink striped), 15–20 mm;
stamens monadelphous;
style bearded.
30–55 × 4–5 mm, strigose to villous.
= 22.
Tephrosia virginiana
Tephrosia virginiana is the only member of the genus that occurs in Canada, where it is known only from the vicinity of Turkey Point in southern Ontario.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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