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Spiked Hoarypea

Tephrosia spicata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 21, February 25, March 23, April 37, May 37, June 48, July 34, August 17, September 22, October 22, November 17, December 19.
United States1,590
North Carolina281
Georgia272
Alabama200
Mississippi149
South Carolina149
Louisiana106
Virginia78
Tennessee33
Maryland28

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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
GenusHoarypeas · Tephrosia

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