Species Detail Forb

Flower		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Rhynchosia senna - Texas snoutbean Synonyms: Rhynchosia senna var texana, Rhynchosia texana Other Common Names: rosary bean Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Fabaceae
Flower


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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Perennial
General Desc: Perennial vine with trailing or weakly twining stems. Ground cover, often controlling erosion.
Identification notes: Trailing to weakly twining stems; leaves of 3 leaflets; leaflets seldom less than twice as long as wide, narrow to lance-like, rounded or pointed at tip, veins often prominent beneath; no stipules; flowers yellow, small on axillary few-flowered stalks.
Height: To 8 inches

Habitat

Habitat Description: Dry plains, mesas and slopes.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 3500 - 5500 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: Yellow Shape: Irregular in clusters Tubular: Y Flowering Period: May - Sep
Description: Pea-like flower with sickle-shaped keel, to 1/8 inch wide, 1/4 inch long. Occurring singly or in pairs or small cluster in leaf axils.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Dark green Leaf Type: Compound Leaf Shape: Round or oval Leaf Margin: Other Leaf Attachment: Alternate Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems Spines: N
Leaf Description: Pinnately divided (leaflets along a stem on opposite sides) into 3 elliptical segments; leaflet to 1-1/4 inches long, leaf to 2-1/4 inches long. Leaflet margins are fringed with hairs. Leaf-like appendages at base of leaves (stipules) not present.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Flower is followed by a green, flat pea pod to 3/4 inch long.


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