Stylosanthes (pencil-flower)

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Plant Page | Jeff's Nature Pages


Fabaceae > Stylosanthes

Pencil-flower (Stylosanthes biflora)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
5 June 2018

Common, low-growing wildflower in and around various forested habitats throughout North Carolina.

Pencil-flower (Stylosanthes biflora)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
5 June 2018
Pencil-flower (Stylosanthes biflora)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
5 June 2018
Pencil-flower (Stylosanthes biflora)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
5 June 2018
Pencil-flower (Stylosanthes biflora)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
5 June 2018


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


Back to Jeff's Plant Page | Jeff's Butterfly Page | Jeff's Nature Page

Created on ... Feb 2, 2020 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com