Fabaceae
Tephrosia villosa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Tephrosia
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Synonyms
- Cracca villosa L.
- Galega villosa (L.) L.
- Tephrosia incana (Roxb.) Sweet
- Tephrosia incana (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
- Tephrosia villosa var. argentea Thwaites
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lalithamba from India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NMNH, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.