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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Thermopsis mollis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thermopsis mollis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11 (2023)
Thermopsis mollis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thermopsis mollis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thermopsis mollis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Thermopsis mollis var. mollis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-10-002:
Thermopsis mollis FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thermopsis hugeri
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thermopsis mollis
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Golden-banner, Allegheny Mountain Golden-banner, Bush Pea
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_thmo2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090425_061
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090425_061b
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090425_068b
April Pickens County
Nine Times Preserve
Calyx pubescent, the lobes 2-2.5mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090425_076
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220419_6972
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7097
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Pedicels shorter than the bracts, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7099
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7100
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
COMPARE
Aaron's Rod and Golden-banner
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7101
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Leaves have narrow stipules that do not clasp the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7103
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7107
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmollis_poecr
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Dan Whitten sdw_thermopsis2
April Oconee County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmollis_0
April-May?
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtmollis_2
April-May?
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Thermopsis mollis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thermopsis mollis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11
Thermopsis mollis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Thermopsis mollis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thermopsis mollis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Thermopsis mollis var. mollis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-10-002:
Thermopsis mollis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thermopsis hugeri
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thermopsis mollis
1508
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Montane oak-hickory forests and woodlands, granitic dome margins, other dry slopes and ridges, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Margins entire
Stipules are narrow and do not clasp the stem.
No stipels
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate persistent calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a terminal raceme
FRUIT:
Summer
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p193
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p399
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p029
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p141
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p179
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p080
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