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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhynchosia tomentosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Twining Snoutbean from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-43-004:
Rhynchosia tomentosa FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhynchosia erecta
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhynchosia intermedia
COMMON NAME:
Twining Snoutbean, Erect Snoutbean
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_doer2_001_lvd
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Alan S. Weakley asw_553212073639378
May Granville County NC
Leaves mostly 3-parted w 1-2" leaflets, tho lowermost may be unifoliolate, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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JK Marlow jkm100606_056
June Union County SC
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JK Marlow jkm100606_058
June Union County SC
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JK Marlow jkm100606_060
June Union County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_tomentosa_1
June
Flowers borne in clusters, terminating branches or arising from leaf axils, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Bill Stringer wcsrhynchosia_tomentosa
June
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Bill Stringer wcsrhynchosiatomentosa_1
June
Leaflets are densely hairy beneath and feel like velvet, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhynchosia tomentosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Rhynchosia tomentosa var. tomentosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-43-004:
Rhynchosia tomentosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhynchosia erecta
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhynchosia intermedia
1243
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Xeric woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, barrens, edges, open areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in NC Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules soon deciduous.
No stipels
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p193
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p158
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p281
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p336
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p229
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p040
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p203
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p080
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p064
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