Fabaceae
Indian rushpea
Hoffmannseggia glauca
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Hoffmannseggia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Indian rushpea
Synonyms
- Caesalpinia chicamana Killip & J.F.Macbr.
- Caesalpinia falcaria Fisher
- Caesalpinia falcaria var. capitata (Fisher) Fisher
- Caesalpinia falcaria var. densiflora (Benth. ex A.Gray) Fisher
- Caesalpinia falcaria var. pringlei (Fisher) Fisher
- Caesalpinia falcaria var. rusbyi (Fisher) Fisher
- Caesalpinia falcaria var. stricta (Benth.) Fisher
- Caesalpinia glauca (Ortega) Kuntze
- Caesalpinia glauca var. glandulosissima Kuntze
- Caesalpinia glauca var. pauciglandulosa Kuntze
- Hoffmannseggia alpina Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.
- Hoffmannseggia chinensis Miers ex Hook. & Arn.
- Hoffmannseggia demissa Benth.
- Hoffmannseggia densiflora A.Gray
- Hoffmannseggia densiflora Benth.
- Hoffmannseggia falcaria Cav.
- Hoffmannseggia falcaria var. capitata Fisher
- Hoffmannseggia falcaria var. demissa (A.Gray) Fisher
- Hoffmannseggia falcaria var. pringlei Fisher
- Hoffmannseggia falcaria var. rusbyi Fisher
- Hoffmannseggia falcaria var. stricta (Benth.) Fisher
- Hoffmannseggia stricta Benth.
- Hoffmannseggia stricta var. demissa A.Gray
- Larrea densiflora (A.Gray) Britton & Rose
- Larrea densiflora (Benth.) Britton
- Larrea glauca Ortega
- Poinciana hirsuta Sessé & Moc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.