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Varieties: ''T. virginiana'' var. ''glabra''; ''T. virginiana'' var. ''virginiana''<ref name="Weakley 2015"/><br> | Varieties: ''T. virginiana'' var. ''glabra''; ''T. virginiana'' var. ''virginiana''<ref name="Weakley 2015"/><br> | ||
| − | Synonym(s): ''Cracca virginiana''<ref name="Weakley 2015"/> | + | Synonym(s): ''Cracca virginiana'';<ref name="Weakley 2015"/><ref name="USDA"/> ''Cracca latidens''; ''T. latidens''<ref name="USDA"/> |
==Description== <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. --> | ==Description== <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. --> | ||
Revision as of 13:34, 12 January 2018
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| Photo by Kevin Robertson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Tephrosia |
| Species: | T. virginiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. | |
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| Natural range of Tephrosia virginiana from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common Name(s): Virginia goat's-rue;[1] Virginia tephrosia[2]
Contents
[hide]Taxonomic Notes
Varieties: T. virginiana var. glabra; T. virginiana var. virginiana[1]
Synonym(s): Cracca virginiana;[1][2] Cracca latidens; T. latidens[2]
Description
Distribution
This species is found from Texas, eastward to Florida, northward to New Hampshire and New York, and inland to Minnesota and Nebraska.[1][2] It is also reported to occur in the Ontario province of Canada.[2]
Ecology
Habitat
T. virginiana is found in sandhills, other pinelands, xeric or rocky woodlands and forests, outcrops, shale barrens, other barrens, and dry roadbanks.[1]
Phenology
Flowering occurs from April through June.[1][3] Fruiting occurs from July through October.[1]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Weakley A. S.(2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 USDA, NRCS. (2016). The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 12 January 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
- Jump up ↑ Nelson G. (12 January 2018) PanFlora. Retrieved from gilnelson.com/PanFlora/
