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Habitat: Pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands, sandy roadsides, rarely disjunct inland in sandy soils
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Flowers pea-shaped, borne in spikes, the petals deep yellow, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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The palmately 4-foliolate leaves are unique, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Each flower is enveloped by two closely appressed, striate, ciliate bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry to moist (but not wet) pine savannas and flatwoods, dry forests, woodlands, woodland borders, glades, barrens, rock outcrops
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Leaflet tips w a slender nipple or extension, unusual in a legume species, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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The large adnate stipules are distinctive, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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A yellow-orange, 5-petaled, pea-like flower, with a nearly round standard, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).