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Fabaceae
Orbexilum

not marked as a favorite taxon Orbexilum virgatum (Nuttall) Rydberg. Common name: Slender Leather-root. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods. Distribution: Se. Georgia (or South Carolina?) south to ne. Florida. A collection by Allen Hiram Curtiss is labeled as from South Carolina.

Glossary (beta!)

Subgenus: Poikadenia.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K1, K4, NS, POWO, S, SE3, WH3, Grimes (1988), Grimes (1990), Isely (1998), Turner (2008); = n/a — RAB; = Psoralea virgata Nuttall — S13. Basionym: Psoralea virgata Nuttall 1818

Links to other floras: = Orbexilum virgatum - FNA11.1

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Orbexilum virgatum© Brandon Corder source | Original Image ⭷
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