Fabaceae
Silky sophora
Sophora nuttalliana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Sophora
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Sophora nuttallianaFabaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Silky sophora
- nv
- Dibé haichʼiidí
Synonyms
- Astragalus carnosus Pursh
- Patrinia sericea Raf.
- Pseudosophora sericea (Raf.) Sweet
- Radiusia sericea (Raf.) Heynh.
- Sophora carnosa (Pursh) Yakovlev
- Sophora sericea Nutt.
- Sophora sericea [Jaume St.Hil.],
- Vexibia nuttalliana (B.L.Turner) W.A.Weber
- Vexibia nuttalliana (B.L.Turner) Yakovlev
- Vexibia sericea (Raf.) Raf.
- Vibexia sericea (Raf.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.