Blue-Ridge Buckbean
Scientific Name:Thermopsis villosa
Common Name Synonyms: Aaron's Rod, Carolina Bushpea


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Blue-Ridge Buckbean
Genus species: Thermopsis villosa
Common Names: Blue-Ridge Buckbean
Aaron's Rod
Carolina Bushpea
Family Name: Fabaceae  
Herbaceous or woody plants; leaves alternate or basal, simple or compound, stipulate, the petiole and petiolule base typically swollen; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, in various clusters; fruit a legume.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Introduced Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:M. Becus
Months in Bloom:  
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