Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Virginia Goat's Rue 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):
Tephrosia virginiana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tephrosia virginiana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-34-001:
Tephrosia virginiana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cracca virginiana
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Goat's Rue, Devil's Shoestrings
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June Union County SC
An erect unbranched plant covered with silky white hairs. Leaves odd-pinnate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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June Laurens County? SC
Densely hairy, dehiscent legumes, 2.5-3" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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June Greenville County
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Flowers pea-like: the standard pale yellow to cream, the wings pink, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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June Greenville County
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Calyx usually densely pillose or villous, occasionally strigose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.