Fabaceae
Scurf hoarypea
Tephrosia chrysophylla
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Tephrosia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Scurf hoarypea
Synonyms
- Cracca carpenteri Rydb.
- Cracca chapmanii (Vail) Small
- Cracca chrysophylla (Pursh) Kuntze
- Cracca chrysophylla var. chapmanni Vail
- Galega chrysophylla (Pursh) Steud.
- Tephrosia carpenteri (Rydb.) Killip
- Tephrosia chrysophylla var. chapmanni (Vail) B.L.Rob.
- Tephrosia chrysophylla var. chapmannii (Vail) B.L.Rob.
- Tephrosia chrysophylla var. gracilior Alph.Wood
- Tephrosia prostrata Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 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 
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.