Fabaceae
Pencilflower
Stylosanthes scabra
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Stylosanthes
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 卡西柱花草, 卡西笔花豆
- English
- Pencilflower
Synonyms
- Stylosanthes diartha S.F.Blake
- Stylosanthes gloiodes S.F.Blake
- Stylosanthes plicata S.F.Blake
- Stylosanthes scoparia Standl. & L.O.Williams
- Stylosanthes subsericea S.F.Blake
Photos
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Btcpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Btcpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.