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goat's-rue, Virginia tephrosia, wild goat's-rue

dwarf goat's-rue, pineland hoarypea

Habit Herbs. Herbs.
Stems

erect, 30–70 cm, densely villous or sericeous to sparsely strigulose or glabrate.

erect, 10–15(–20) cm, strigulose.

Leaves

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.

petiole 3–10 mm;

leaflets (9–)13–27, blades elliptic to oblong or obovate-oblong, 6–12 × 4–5.5 mm, length 1.8–2.8 times width, apex obtuse or rounded to truncate, surfaces strigose, adaxial sparsely so.

Racemes

10–40-flowered, 2–8 cm, mostly above level of leaves;

floral bracts caducous, setaceous.

4–12-flowered, flowers mostly axillary in distal portion of leafy stems;

floral bracts caducous, setaceous.

Flowers

corolla yellow and pink (banner yellow, wings pink, keel yellow-pink striped), 15–20 mm;

stamens monadelphous;

style bearded.

corolla cream, pink, and white (banner cream, wings and keel dark pink to white), 13–17 mm;

stamens monadelphous;

style bearded.

Legumes

30–55 × 4–5 mm, strigose to villous.

36–58 × 4–5.5 mm, strigose.

2n

= 22.

Tephrosia virginiana

Tephrosia mohrii

Phenology Flowering May–Jun(–Aug). Flowering (Mar–)Apr–May(–Jul).
Habitat Sandhills, pinelands, dry, sandy oak-pine savannas, xeric and/or rocky wood­lands and forests, outcrops, barrens, dry roadbanks. Sandhills and sand ridges with turkey oak or longleaf pine, mixed with yaupon, turkey oak, sand live-oak, and laurel oak, sandy roadsides.
Elevation 50–700 m. (200–2300 ft.) 10–100 m. (0–300 ft.)
Distribution
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AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; ME; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; WI; WV; ON
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AL; FL; GA
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Discussion

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.)

Tephrosia mohrii is known from Covington and Houston counties in Alabama; Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton counties in Florida; and Ben Hill and Grady counties in Georgia. The species appears to intergrade with T. virginiana.

(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. thurberi
T. angustissima, T. chrysophylla, T. corallicola, T. curtissii, T. florida, T. hispidula, T. leiocarpa, T. lindheimeri, T. mysteriosa, T. onobrychoides, T. potosina, T. rugelii, T. spicata, T. tenella, T. thurberi, T. virginiana
Synonyms Cracca virginiana, T. latidens, T. virginiana var. glabra, T. virginiana var. holosericea, T. virginica Cracca mohrii, T. virginiana var. mohrii
Name authority (Linnaeus) Persoon: Syn. Pl. 2: 329. (1807) (Rydberg) R. K. Godfrey: Brittonia 10: 169. (1958)
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