Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Arachis glabrata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arachis glabrata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Arachis prostrata
COMMON NAME:
Grassnut
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_arachis_prostrata
August
Flowers papilionoid; corolla 1.8-2 cm long, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Arachis glabrata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arachis glabrata
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Arachis prostrata
3583
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: South America
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare, planted on roadsides and spreading
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 4 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
2-lipped 5-lobed calyx (the upper lip four united lobes)
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, monadelphous
Flowers in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!