Difference between revisions of "Tephrosia chrysophylla"
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Revision as of 15:11, 11 February 2016
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| Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Nature Photography by Shirley Denton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae |
| Genus: | Tephrosia |
| Species: | T. chrysophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Tephrosia chrysophylla Pursh | |
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| Natural range of Tephrosia chrysophylla from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: scurf hoarypea
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
Tephrosia chrysophylla has been described as a prostrate herb with deep red flowers and a leaflet with parallel straight nerves (FSU Herbarium).
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain, T. chrysophylla can occur in longleaf pine-oak-wiregrass woodlands, sand pine scrubs, pine/wiregrass communities, scrub oak wiregrass sandhills, and upland turkey oak longleaf pinewoods. It has been observed in disturbed areas such as along logging roads, a clear cut disturbed longleaf pine scrub oak ridge, an open sand ridge plowed three years previously, a bulldozed clearing in turkey oak longleaf pine, a sandy old quarry, a clobbered slash pine forest, and coarse sandy clearing of longleaf pine scrub oak barren (FSU Herbarium). Soil types include loamy sand, sand, and sandy peat (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include longleaf pine, wiregrass, sand pine, slash pine, turkey oak, and scrub oak (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Flowering occurs June through September and fruiting May through October (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
It has been observed growing in burned pine flatwoods (FSU Herbarium).
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Tephrosia chrysophylla at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Halictidae: Nomia maneei
Megachilidae: Megachile brimleyi, M. georgica
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, A.F. Clewell, M. Davis, Robert K. Godfrey, Ann F. Johnson, R. Komarek, Robert Kral, Robert L. Lazor, K. MacClendon, R.S. Mitchell, Gwynn W. Ramsey, H.R. Reed, Grady W. Reinert, Cecil R. Slaughter, John K. Small, D.B. Ward States and Counties: Alabama: Covington, Geneva. Florida: Calhoun, Citrus, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hernando, Highlands, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Putnam, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton. Georgia: Grady. Mississippi: Poplarville. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
