North Carolina Wildflowers

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Fabaceae > Tephrosia (goats-rue, pea)

Florida Goat's Rue (Tephrosia florida)
Sandhills Game Land, Richmond Co., NC
4 Aug 2016
Florida Goat's Rue (Tephrosia florida)
Sandhills Game Land, Scotland Co., NC
4 Aug 2016
Florida Goat's Rue (Tephrosia florida)
Sandhills Game Land, Scotland Co., NC
4 Aug 2016
Florida Goat's Rue (Tephrosia florida)
Sandhills Game Land, Richmond Co., NC
4 Aug 2016
Florida Goat's Rue (Tephrosia florida)
Sandhills Game Land, Scotland Co., NC
4 Aug 2016

Sprawling Hoarypea, Sprawling Goats-rue (Tephrosia hispidula) Sprawling Hoarypea (Tephrosia hispidula)
Pine savanna in the Green Swamp, Brunswick Co., NC
18 May 2008

Fairly common in pine savannas and pine flatwoods, this species is endemic to the southeastern coastal plain. Thanks to Richard LeBlond for ID assistance!

Sprawling Hoarypea, Sprawling Goats-rue (Tephrosia hispidula) Sprawling Hoarypea (Tephrosia hispidula)
Pine savanna in the Green Swamp, Brunswick Co., NC
18 May 2008

Hoary Pea (Tephrosia hispidula) Sprawling Hoarypea (Tephrosia hispidula)
Pine savanna in the Green Swamp, Brunswick Co., NC
18 May 2008

Sprawling Hoarypea (Tephrosia hispidula)
Pine savanna in Holly Shelter, Pender Co., NC
4 Oct 2018
Sprawling Hoarypea (Tephrosia hispidula)
Pine savanna in Holly Shelter, Pender Co., NC
4 Oct 2018
Sprawling Hoarypea (Tephrosia hispidula)
Pine savanna in Holly Shelter, Pender Co., NC
4 Oct 2018
Sprawling Hoarypea (Tephrosia hispidula)
Pine savanna in Holly Shelter, Pender Co., NC
4 Oct 2018

Fabaceae > Tephrosia (goats-rue)

Virginia tephrosia, Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana) Virginia Tephrosia, Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana)
Allegan Co., MI
5 July 2004

Common statewide in NC in dry soils.

Virginia tephrosia, Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana) Virginia Tephrosia, Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana)
In Longleaf Pine/Turkey Oak flatwoods in the sandhills in Moore Co., NC
20 May 2009

Virginia tephrosia, Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana) Virginia Tephrosia, Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana)
Person Co., NC
13 June 2006

Virginia tephrosia, Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana) Virginia Tephrosia, Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana)
Person Co., NC
13 June 2006

Virginia tephrosia, Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana) Virginia Tephrosia, Goat's Rue (Tephrosia virginiana)
In Longleaf Pine/Turkey Oak flatwoods in the sandhills in Moore Co., NC
20 May 2009


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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