Fabaceae
Sidebeak pencilflower
Stylosanthes biflora
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Stylosanthes
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sidebeak pencilflower
Synonyms
- Arachis aprica Walter
- Stylosanthes biflora var. elatior (Sw.) Kuntze
- Stylosanthes biflora var. hispidissima (Michx.) Pollard & C.R.Ball
- Stylosanthes biflora var. hispidissima (Michx.) Pollard & C.R.Ball
- Stylosanthes elatior Sw.
- Stylosanthes elatior var. hispidissima (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Stylosanthes floridana S.F.Blake
- Stylosanthes hispida Michx.
- Stylosanthes hispida var. erecta Pursh
- Stylosanthes hispida var. hispidissima Michx.
- Stylosanthes hispida var. nudiuscula Michx.
- Stylosanthes hispida var. procumbens Pursh
- Stylosanthes hispidissima (Michx.) Anon.
- Stylosanthes riparia Kearney
- Stylosanthes riparia var. setifera Fernald
- Trifolium biflorum L.
- Trifolium hispidissimum Michx. ex Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.