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Rhynchosia tomentosa

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Linnaeus) Hooker & Arnott

Common Names

• Twining Snoutbean

Geographical Habitats

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• District of Colombia
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• West Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• May-Oct (USA)

Fruiting Times

Sometimes twining or erect with velvety stems. Hairy one to trifoliate leaves to 150mm long, reticulately veined leaflets to 45mm x 35mm pubescent both surfaces. Axillary racemes of yellowish-brown flowers, pubescent calyx 6mm long, yellow corolla, glabrous standard. Pods 20mm x 7mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• USDA
• Botanicus
• FOSEUS