Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers.
other common names: catgut, devil’s shoestrings, hoary pea, North American turkey pea, Virginia tephrosia, wild sweetpea
Tephrosia: from Greek tephros, meaning “ash-colored or hoary”
Virginiana: meaning “of Virginia”
Legume family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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