OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhynchosia reniformis   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchosia reniformis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Rhynchosia reniformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Rhynchosia reniformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-43-001:

Rhynchosia reniformis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rhynchosia simplicifolius

 

COMMON NAME:
Dollarweed, Dollarleaf Snoutbean, Roundleaf Snoutbean


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image of Rhynchosia reniformis, Dollarweed, Dollarleaf Snoutbean, Roundleaf Snoutbean

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_dosi_001_lvd

        

image of Rhynchosia reniformis, Dollarweed, Dollarleaf Snoutbean, Roundleaf Snoutbean

Will Stuart    wil_r_reniformis_900

May    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Grows in similar habitats as R. difformis but has 1-foliate leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Rhynchosia reniformis, Dollarweed, Dollarleaf Snoutbean, Roundleaf Snoutbean

Will Stuart    wil_r_reniformis_900b

May    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Flowers are pealike, bright yellow, about 12mm long, and densely clustered, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Rhynchosia reniformis, Dollarweed, Dollarleaf Snoutbean, Roundleaf Snoutbean

Will Stuart    wil_r_reniformis_913

May    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Leaf blades rounded to kidney-shaped, 2-5cm long and wide, long-stalked, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhynchosia reniformis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchosia reniformis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhynchosia reniformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Rhynchosia reniformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-43-001:
Rhynchosia reniformis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhynchosia simplicifolius

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3111

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Unifoliolate (technically compound but having only 1 leaflet and appearing simple), rarely with a few upper leaves trifoliolate
Mostly alternate, closely spaced, often appearing to be a basal rosette
Leaves have long petioles.
Stipules are persistent.
Stipels persistent.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bright yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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