OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Orbexilum virgatum   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Orbexilum virgatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Orbexilum virgatum

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

Orbexilum virgatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Psoralea virgata

 

COMMON NAME:
 Pineland Leatherroot, Slender Leatherroot, Pineland Scurfpea

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Orbexilum virgatum   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
 Orbexilum virgatum

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
 Psoralea virgata

 

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3125

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Historically in GA & SC, but not recently seen

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LEAVES:
Unifoliolate (technically compound but having only 1 leaflet and appearing simple)
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bluish-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed persistant calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10(9) stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Brown/Black
Legume

 

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