Thermopsis mollis

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Thermopsis mollis
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Thermopsis
Species: T. mollis
Binomial name
Thermopsis mollis
(Michx.) M.A.Curtis ex A.Gray

Thermopsis mollis is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names soft bush pea, Allegheny Mountain goldenbanner, and soft-haired thermopsis. It is native to the southeastern United States from southern Virginia to northern Georgia.[1]

This plant is a rhizomatous perennial herb with erect, branching stems growing up to 1.5 meters tall. The inflorescence is a raceme at the top of the stem. The fruit is a legume pod up to 7 centimeters long. The plant reproduces by seed and by sprouting from its woody rhizome.[1]

This plant grows in the Appalachian Mountains and the Piedmont uplands.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Carey, Jennifer H. 1994. Thermopsis mollis. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.

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