| Botanical name: |
Tephrosia virginiana |
| Common
name: |
Goat's
rue; cat gut
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| Synonomy: |
Cracca latidens Small
Cracca
virginiana L.
Tephrosia
latidens (Small) Standl.
Tephrosia
virginiana (L.) Pers. var. glabra Nutt.
Tephrosia
virginiana (L.) Pers. var. holosericea (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray |
| Group: |
Dicot
|
| Family: |
Fabaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
Subshrub
Forb/herb |
| Duration: |
Perennial |
| Plant
height: |
1-3'
|
| Flower
color: |
pink and pale yellow |
| Flower
size: |
3/4" across
|
| Flowering/fruiting time |
Fl. early June to early July; Fr.
early August to early September
|
| Habitat: |
open woods and old fields in sandy
soil; open sandy ground and edges of woods
|
| Range in
New Jersey: |
apparently more distributed in
northern counties.
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| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a
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| Misc.: |
During Stone's time he notes "an exact counterpart of the Lupine in
distribution and abundance, often growing in close association with
it."(498) Lupine is now a species of concern.
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