Orbexilum lupinellus (Michaux) Isely. Subgenus: Orbexilum. Common name: Lupine Scurfpea, Lupine Leatherroot. Phenology: May-Aug; Jul-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills. Distribution: A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic, ranging from sc. and se. NC, south to c. peninsular FL, s. AL, and e. GA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: The epithet 'lupinellus' is a noun in apposition and is therefore not declined according to the genus's gender; 'lupinellus' is the correct epithet and spelling in any genus.
Other Comments: The very peculiar leaves, palmately 5-7-foliolate with "oblinear" and densely glandular leaflets, make the species unmistakable. First reported for SC by McMillan et al. (2002).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K4, POWO, SE3, WH3, Grimes (1988), Grimes (1990), Isely (1998), Turner (2008); = Orbexilum lupinellum (Michx.) Isely — NS, orthographic variant; = Psoralea lupinellus Michx. — RAB, S13; = Rhytidomene lupinellus (Michx.) Rydb. — S. Basionym: Psoralea lupinellus Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: = Orbexilum lupinellus - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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