Tephrosia virginiana (Linnaeus) Persoon. Virginia Goat's-rue, Devil's Shoelaces. Phen: May-Jun; Jul-Oct. Hab: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry or dryish pinelands, xeric and/or rocky oak and oak-pine woodlands and forests, rock outcrops, shale barrens and other barrens, dry roadbanks. Dist: S. NH west to WI, se. MN, and c. KS, south to c. peninsular FL, c. TX, and nw. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Syn: = Ar, C, GrPl, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, SE3, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV, Isely (1998); = Cracca virginiana L. – S; = Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. var. virginiana – Ward (2004c); < Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. – SE3, WH3, Isely (1998), Wood (1949); > Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. var. glabra Nutt. – F, G; > Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. var. holosericea (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray – F, Il; > Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. var. virginiana – F, G, Il

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