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not marked as a favorite taxon Tephrosia chrysophylla Pursh. Common name: Sprawling Goat's-rue. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills. Distribution: E. Georgia s. to s. Florida, and west to s. Mississippi.

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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, K4, NS, POWO, SE3, WH3, Isely (1998), Wood (1949); > Cracca carpenteri Rydberg — S; > Cracca chapmanii (Vail) Small — S, S13; > Cracca chrysophylla (Pursh) Kuntze — S, S13. Basionym: Tephrosia chrysophylla Pursh 1814 [1813]

Links to other floras: = Tephrosia chrysophylla - FNA11.1

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