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Michaux's snoutbean

Rhynchosia michauxii

351 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) miss_fortune, some rights reserved (CC BY)

25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

United States249
Alabama2
Georgia2
Mississippi2
Louisiana2

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Vine growth formListed by a harvested source as having a vine or climbing 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 Michaux's snoutbean with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.