Fabaceae
Virginia tephrosia
Tephrosia virginiana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Tephrosia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Virginia tephrosia
- Persian
- نیلکی ویرجینیایی
Synonyms
- Cracca holosericea (Nutt.) Britten & Baker f.
- Cracca latidens Small
- Cracca leucosericea Rydb.
- Cracca virginiana L.
- Cracca virginiana (L.) Kuntze
- Cracca virginiana var. holosericea (Nutt.) Vail
- Galega virginiana (L.) L.
- Galega virginica (L.) J.F.Gmel.
- Tephrosia holosericea Nutt.
- Tephrosia latidens (Small) Standl.
- Tephrosia leucosericea (Rydb.) Cory
- Tephrosia virginiana var. glabra Nutt.
- Tephrosia virginiana var. holosericea (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Tephrosia virginiana var. leucosericea (Rydb.) F.J.Herm.
- Tephrosia virginiana var. virginiana
- Tephrosia virginica Bigelow
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: melissa.bagwell, 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.