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Twining Snoutbean

Rhynchosia tomentosa

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 15, February 18, March 17, April 27, May 27, June 16, July 13, August 12, September 16, October 16, November 12, December 14.
United States1,021
North Carolina205
Georgia145
Alabama137
Mississippi121
Louisiana75
South Carolina75
Tennessee58
Virginia43
Maryland27

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusSnoutbeans · Rhynchosia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Twining Snoutbean with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.