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Common Name:
Mimosa, Silktree
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Albizzia julibrissin
Pompom-like flowers are bright pink with white bases, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
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Common Name:
Eastern Sensitive-briar
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Mimosa quadrivalvis var. angustata
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leptoglottis microphylla
Each flower in this head has a small 5-lobed corolla & 10 long pink stamens, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Florida Sensitive-briar, Sensitive Vine, Powderpuff Mimosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Schrankia microphylla var. floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leptoglottis floridana
Distinct from M. quadrivalvis: nomenclatural adjustments are forthcoming, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Mimosa Vine, Sensitive Vine, Powderpuff Mimosa
Pink to purple filaments long exserted, each terminated by a yellow anther, per Mimosa strigillosa (Mimosaceae) in Illinois (Basinger, 2003).
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Common Name:
Bundleflower, Prairie Mimosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Acuan illinoense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Andre Michaux
Mimosa illinoensis
Lvs similar to Mimosa microphylla, but plants erect, flwrs whitish, smaller, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Common Name:
Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree
Flowers are borne on old wood, and appear in spring before the leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Common Name:
Coffeeweed, Sicklepod
Slightly unequal dull yellow petals that never seem to be open fully, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Northern Wild Senna, American Senna
Five unequal petals. The upper 3 stamens are sterile, the lower 7 fertile, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Maryland Wild Senna
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ditremexa medsgeri
Flowers not obviously pea-like, petals open to expose the stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Common Partridge Pea, Showy Partridge Pea
Flowers not pea-like: 5 petals, 4 with a reddish mark at the base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Common Sensitive-plant, Sensitive Partridge Pea
Flowers about 1/4" across. Lowermost petal about 2x as long as others, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Honey Locust
Flowers greenish-yellow, 1/4" long, clustered in compact racemes, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Common Name:
Water Locust
Common Name:
Kentucky Coffee-tree
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Common Name:
Kentucky Yellowwood, Gopherwood
A drooping 4-12" inflorescence of showy, fragrant flowers, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Common Name:
Gopherweed, Catbells
Flowers solitary, axillary; corolla bright yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo
Pea-like flowers deep blue-violet, in a long raceme extending above leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Wild Indigo
LESS THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Baptisia australis var. minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Monograph of genus Baptisia (M.M. Larisey, Missouri Botanical Garden, 1940a)
Baptisia minor var. aberrans
Flowers in terminal, erect racemes 10-40cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Carolina Wild Indigo
Similar to B. lanceolata, but has more numerous and larger flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Creamy Wild Indigo
Flowers in drooping 1-sided racemes with persistent bracts, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
Common Name:
longbract wild indigo
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Common Name:
Gopherweed, Lanceleaf Wild Indigo
Flowers about 1" long, borne in leaf axils or in short terminal racemes, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Horsefly Weed, Yellow Wild Indigo, Yellow False-indigo, Rattleweed
Flowers are yellow, 1/2" long, few at the ends of branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Narrow-pod White Wild Indigo, Spiked Wild Indigo
Flowering pedicels 3-10mm long; calyx 4.5-6.5mm long; corolla 13-16(18)mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Thick-pod White Wild Indigo
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Baptisia alba
Flowers slightly more than 3/4" long (larger than those of B. albescens), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
white wild indigo
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Baptisia lactea var. lactea
GREATER THAN
A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia pendula var. macrophylla
Like B. alba & albescens, its flowering pedicels are 3-10mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Hairy Rattleweed, Hairy Wild Indigo
Common Name:
Apalachicola Wild Indigo, Bigpod Wild Indigo
GREATER THAN
A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Baptisia megacarpa
Common Name:
Nuttall's wild indigo
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Common Name:
Aaron's Rod, Blue Ridge Golden-banner, Hairy Bush Pea
May grow to 3' or more in height, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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Common Name:
Appalachian Golden-banner, Bush Pea
Pedicels shorter than the bracts, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Ash-leaf Golden-banner
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Thermopsis mollis var. fraxinifolia
Pedicels as long or longer than the bracts. Calyx glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Coastal Plain Rattlebox, Pursh's Rattlebox
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Crotalaria purshii
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Common Name:
Low Rattlebox, Rabbitbells
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Crotalaria rotundifolia
C. rotundifolia & C. purshii have yellow pealike flowers w upright standard, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Low Rattlebox, Rabbitbells
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Crotalaria maritima
Petals yellow, equaling or longer than the calyx, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Common Rattlebox
Petals yellow, usually shorter than calyx, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Showy Rattlebox
Flowers deep yellow, pea-like, borne in a showy many-flowered raceme, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Smooth Rattlebox
Calyx densely pubescent, bracteoles at its base. Corolla ~ 2x long as calyx, per Flora of China.
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Common Name:
Slenderleaf Rattlebox
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Crotalaria brevidens var. intermedia
Corolla pale yellow or white, exserted far beyond calyx, per Flora of China.
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Common Name:
Northern Sundial Lupine
GREATER THAN
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lupinus perennis var. perennis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lupinus perennis
This close relative of the famous Texas "bluebonnets" may grow 2' high, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lupinus perennis var. gracilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lupinus nuttallii
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Common Name:
Blue Sandhill Lupine, Sky-blue Lupine
LESS THAN
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Lupinus diffusus
Standard with conspicuous white spot (vs. L. villosus' deep reddish purple), per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Common Name:
Lady Lupine, Pink Sandhill Lupine
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lupinus villosus
Standard with deep reddish purple spot, vs. diffusus' white-to-cream spot, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry.
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