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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhynchosia difformis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Doubleform Snoutbean from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchosia difformis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhynchosia difformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Rhynchosia difformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-43-003:
Rhynchosia difformis FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhynchosia tomentosa
COMMON NAME:
Doubleform Snoutbean
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_doto_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_rhynchosia_difformis2
June Dare County NC
A prostrate or twining herbaceous vine with an angled, tawny, hairy stem, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_rhynchosia_difformis3
June Dare County NC
This vine's 3-foliate leaves are similar to those of the erect R. tomentosa, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhynchosia difformis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchosia difformis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhynchosia difformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Rhynchosia difformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-43-003:
Rhynchosia difformis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhynchosia tomentosa
3060
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets (lowermost leaves usually have 1)
Mostly alternate
Stipules are persistent.
No stipels
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p281
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p336
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p229
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p040
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p203
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