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Accession Data:

Aeschynomene virginica (L.) Britton & al.

  • Common Name: Sensitive Joint Vetch
  • Family: Fabaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Hedysarum virginicum L.

  • Country of Origin: eastern US to Mexico
  • Habitat: freshwater tidal marshes that experience tidal action but low salinity.

  • Description: Rare vetch - formerly native to a number of eastern US states, now extremely rare and extirpated in many of its previously know locales. Touch sensitive foliage.
  • Culture: Freshwater to slightly tidal marshes, prefering lower edge of intertidal marsh zone, receiving daily inundations. An obligate wetland species.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900426
  • Source: Bryan Connolly ex Uli Lormier

    Additional provenance data on file but suppressed from public display.

  • Accession Date: 12-16-2019
  • Bench: 2308 - Nearctic
    • Currently: active - marginal (no foliage)
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 08-26-2021

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Fabales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • SubFamily: Faboideae
  • Tribe: Dalbergieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: New Jersey / Pennsylvania / Delaware / Maryland / North Carolina / Virginia / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast

    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, 16 December, 2019.
    2. ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Tuesday, 25 February, 2020.

    data regenerated on Fri, 08 Oct 2021 14:38:35 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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