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Florida hoarypea

Tephrosia florida

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 Mississippi.January 8, February 8, March 8, April 14, May 8, June 5, July 5, August 5, September 6, October 7, November 5, December 6.
United States454
Mississippi85
Louisiana54
Georgia43
South Carolina37
Alabama32
North Carolina30
Kentucky1
Missouri1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.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

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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