Fabaceae
Ashen hoarypea
Tephrosia cinerea
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Tephrosia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Ashen hoarypea
Synonyms
- Colinil cinereum (L.) Hitchc.
- Cracca cinerea (L.) Morong
- Cracca littoralis (Jacq.) Rydb.
- Cracca villosa var. cinerea (L.) Kuntze
- Galega cinerea L.
- Galega littoralis (Jacq.) L.
- Indigofera berteroana Spreng.
- Needhamia littoralis Scop.
- Orobus procumbens Mill.
- Tephrosia cinerea var. littoralis (Jacq.) Benth.
- Tephrosia cinerea var. littoralis (Jacq.) Pers. ex Griseb.
- Tephrosia cinerea var. typica Hassl.
- Tephrosia gynothrix Miq.
- Tephrosia littoralis (Jacq.) Pers.
- Tephrosia procumbens Macfad.
- Tephrosia scopulorum Brandegee
- Tephrosia venustula Kunth
- Vicia littoralis Jacq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Avery Orren, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Frédéric Dupont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Alain Desmis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.