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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Strophostyles umbellata FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Strophostyles umbellata FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Strophostyles umbellata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-46-002:

Strophostyles umbellata FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Strophostyles umbellata

COMMON NAME:
Perennial Sand Bean, Perennial Wild Bean, Pink Wild Bean, Pink Fuzzy-Bean

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image of Strophostyles umbellata, Perennial Sand Bean, Perennial Wild Bean, Pink Wild Bean, Pink Fuzzy-Bean

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stum2_001_lvd

JK Marlow jkm0408j_29

August Oconee County SC

Leaflets not lobed; terminal leaflet 0.3-2.0 cm wide, per Weakley's Flora.

COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound

Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_umbellata

September

Keel petal with a prominent, erect, thick-based and slightly curved beak, per Phylogenetic Systematics of Strophostyles (Fabaceae) (Riley-Hulting, 2004).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Strophostyles umbellata FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Strophostyles umbellata FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Strophostyles umbellata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-46-002:
Strophostyles umbellata FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Strophostyles umbellata

1471

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: Dry sandy or rocky woodlands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Leaves have petioles.
Leaflets have petiolules.
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
Leaflets are subtended by stipels.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed campanulate calyx (upper lobes united, so it appears 4-lobed)
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Flowers in axillary clusters

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

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