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Tephrosia virginiana

(Catgut)

Overview

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Endangered

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Catgut, Devil's Shoestring, Devils Shoestring, Goat´s-Rue, Goat's Rue, Goat's-Rue, Goats Rue, Rabbit-Pea, Virginia Tephrosia, Wild Sweet Pea

Description

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Genus Tephrosia

Herbs, undershrubs or shrubs . Leaf mostly imparipinnate , leaflets rarely 3-1, generally more; entire, exstipellate; stipules of various types. Inflorescence a terminal or leaf-opposed raceme or flowers in the axils of the upper leaves. Bract present, bracteoles absent. Calyx teeth or lobes subequal or the upper two united . Vexillum pilose externally. Wings slightly adherent to the keel. Stamens 10, monadelphous or diadelphous , then the vexillary stamen quite free , anthers uniform . Ovary sessile, generally many ovuled, style incurved , glabrous or pilose, stigma nude or penicillate . Fruit compressed , linear , 2-valved, continuous or obscurely septate between the seeds.

A genus with over 300 species distributed mainly in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Herb, ShrubClimbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: cream, pink, tan

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 24-36" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,819 meters (0 to 5,968 feet).[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 7.6 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Cracca holosericea (Nutt.)britten & Baker F. • Cracca latidens Small • Cracca leucosericea Rydb. • Cracca virginiana (L.) Kuntze • Cracca virginiana var. holosericea (Nutt.)vail • Galega virginiana (L.) L. • Galega virginiana (L.)l. • Galega virginica (L.)j. F. Gmel. • Tephrosia holosericea Nutt. • Tephrosia latidens (Small)standl. • Tephrosia leucosericea (Rydb.)cory • Tephrosia virginiana var. glabra Torr. & A. Gray • Tephrosia virginiana var. holosericea (Nutt.)torr. & A. Gray • Tephrosia virginica Bigelow

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub , Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Tephrosia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

T. angustissima (Narrowleaf Hoarypea) · T. brownii (Convict Blenny) · T. candida (Indigo Blanc) · T. chrysophylla (Scurf Hoarypea) · T. cinerea (Anil-Bravo) · T. corallicola (Narrowleaf Hoarypea) · T. curtissii (Curtiss' Hoarypea) · T. florida (Florida Hoarypea) · T. floridana (Florida Hoarypea) · T. florida var. florida (Florida Hoary-Pea) · T. hispidula (Sprawling Hoarypea) · T. leiocarpa (Smooth Pod Tephrosia) · T. lindheimeri (Goat's Rue) · T. mohrii (Pineland Hoarypea) · T. onobrychoides (Multi-Bloom Tephrosia) · T. potosina (Edwards Plateau Hoarypea) · T. pumila (Indigo Sauvage) · T. pumila var. aldabrensis (Indigo Sauvage) · T. pungens (Fananbotsy) · T. purpurea (Brusca Cimarrona) · T. purpurea altissima (Brusca Cimarrona) · T. purpurea canescens (Brusca Cimarrona) · T. purpurea purpurea (Brusca Cimarrona) · T. purpurea var. brevidens (Purple Tephrosia) · T. rosea (Flinders River Poison) · T. rugelii (Rugel's Hoarypea) · T. senna (Anil Racimillo) · T. sessiliflora (Sessileflower Hoarypea) · T. sinapou (Guanibrey) · T. spicata (Spiked Hoary Pea) · T. thurberi (Thurber's Hoary-Pea) · T. virginiana (Catgut) · T. vogelii (Vogel's Tephrosia)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Tephrosia". in Flora of Pakistan Page 58. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 221.660 meters (727.231 feet), Standard Deviation = 225.350 based on 1,045 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012