Fabaceae
Spiked hoarypea
Tephrosia spicata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Tephrosia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Spiked hoarypea
Synonyms
- Cracca flexuosa A.Heller
- Cracca spicata (Walter) Kuntze
- Cracca spicata var. flexuosa (B.L.Rob.) Vail
- Crafordia bracteata Raf.
- Galega paucifolia M.A.Curtis
- Galega spicata Walter
- Galega villosa Michx.
- Tephrosia hispida DC.
- Tephrosia mollissima Bertol.
- Tephrosia paucifolia Nutt.
- Tephrosia spicata var. semitonsa Fernald
- Tephrosia spicata var. spicata
- Tephrosia villosa var. flexuosa Robinson
- Tephrosia villosa var. flexuosa B.L.Rob.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, 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 
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.