Stylosanthes biflora
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Stylosanthes biflora |
| Common name: | Pencil Flower |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Fabaceae (Legume) |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 6 - 20" |
| Foliage: | leaves are alternate. Each leaf is divided into three lanceolate to elliptic leaflets. |
| Flower: | Small yellow-orange flowers growing singly or in small clusters at the end of the branches, 1/4", growing singly or in small clusters at the ends of the branches. |
| Flowering time: | June |
| Habitat: | Dry woods and fields, dry roadsides |
| Range in New Jersey: | |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | S3 |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc.: | (stylos = pencil, referring to the hollow receptacle surrounding the pistil.). Larval and adult insects use Stylosanthes biflora for larval food and nectar. |