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Learn more about Annual Sand Bean from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Strophostyles helvola
FAMILY
Fabaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Strophostyles helvola
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Strophostyles helvula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-46-001:
Strophostyles helvola
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Annual Sand Bean, Beach Pea, Trailing Wild Bean, Trailing Fuzzy-Bean
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Roxanna Martin rlm82510_36
August Spartanburg County SC
Legume (3.5)5-10cm long, 5-8mm broad, sparsely appressed-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm82510_38
August Spartanburg County SC
Keel w a distinctly curved, slender beak projected away from the standard, per Phylogenetic Systematics of Strophostyles (Fabaceae) (Riley-Hulting, 2004).
Roxanna Martin rlm82708_091
August Spartanburg County SC
Leaflets usually prominently 3-lobed; terminal leaflet 2.5-3.5cm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
JK Marlow jkm100903_601
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaflets usually have one or two lateral lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm100903_604
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stems glabrous to spreading-pilose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm180913_4704
September Greenville County SC
Flowers of this genus have a keel strongly curved upward forming a beak, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm180914_4726
September Greenville County SC
Leaflets have petiolules and stipels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm180914_4730
September Greenville County SC
Bracteoles (immediately subtending calyx) equal or exceed the calyx tube, per Weakley's Flora.
Roxanna Martin rlm9410_364
September Spartanburg County SC
Petals roseate to purplish, often turning greenish, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm10811_171
October Spartanburg County SC
Leaflets ovate or rhombic-ovate to ovate-oblong or commonly 3-lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.