Tephrosia chrysophylla Pursh. Sprawling Goat's-rue. Phen: May-Sep. Hab: Longleaf pine sandhills. Dist: E. GA s. to s. FL, and west to s. MS.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Rather frequent hybrids between T. chrysophylla and T. florida are intermediate in morphology and have been found in AL, FL, GA, and MS; they have been given a hybrid binomial, T. ×intermedia (Small) Nesom & Zarucchi, replacing the later name T. ×floridana (Vail) Isely, which has been in regular use in the southeastern United States (Nesom & Zarucchi 2009).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K1, K3, K4, SE3, WH3, Isely (1998), Wood (1949); > Cracca carpenteri Rydb. – S; > Cracca chapmanii (Vail) Small – S, S13; > Cracca chrysophylla (Pursh) Kuntze – S, S13
Links to other floras: = Tephrosia chrysophylla - FNA11.1
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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