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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Strophostyles umbellata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Perennial Sand Bean from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stum2_001_lvd
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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
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p182
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p395
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p545
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p110
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p342
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p041
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p132
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p205
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p140
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p177
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p078
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