Strophostyles leiosperma

Classification	Dicots
Family	Fabaceae
Family (Traditional)	Fabaceae
Genus	Strophostyles
Species:	Strophostyles leiosperma (Torr. & A. Gray) Piper
Common Name	Slickseed Fuzzybean
Growth Habit	vine - forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 3; Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Legume; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sepal Number: 4; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 10
C value	5
Status	Native; TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Phaseolus leiospermus	Phaseolus leiospermus Torr. & A. Gray
Strophostyles pauciflora	Strophostyles pauciflora (Benth.) S. Wats.
Strophostyles pauciflorus	Strophostyles pauciflorus

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Calloway (KY), Fulton (KY), Graves (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Trigg (KY), Carroll (TN), Fayette (TN), Hardeman (TN), Henderson (TN), Henry (TN), Montgomery (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, MEM, TENN

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1948 - 1986

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0133239	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Strophostyles leiosperma
APSC0016791	Trigg	Kentucky			APSC Strophostyles leiosperma
TENN-V-0133234	Hardeman	Tennessee			TENN Strophostyles leiosperma
31234100433505	Fulton	Kentucky	12 Jul 1984	Raymond Athey 4934	EKY Strophostyles leiosperma
31234100433497	Breckinridge	Kentucky	15 Aug 1972	Elizabeth M. Browne 72H3.6	EKY Strophostyles leiosperma
APSC0105442	Graves	Kentucky			APSC Strophostyles leiosperma
BEREA014126	Trigg	Kentucky			BEREA Strophostyles leiosperma
TENN-V-0133233		Tennessee			TENN Strophostyles leiosperma
APSC0092501		Tennessee			APSC Strophostyles leiosperma
APSC0016795	Montgomery	Tennessee	25 Jul 1948	Alfred Clebsch	APSC Strophostyles leiosperma
TENN-V-0133238	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Strophostyles leiosperma
TENN-V-0133370	Anderson	Kentucky			TENN Strophostyles leiosperma
TENN-V-0133235	Henderson	Tennessee			TENN Strophostyles leiosperma
APSC0016796	Montgomery	Tennessee	12 Aug 1948	Alfred Clebsch	APSC Strophostyles leiosperma
MEM007936	Shelby	Tennessee	03 Aug 1971	John E. Thompson Jr. 395	MEM Strophostyles leiosperma
TENN-V-0133240	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Strophostyles leiosperma
APSC0071145	McCracken	Kentucky	07 Oct 1986	Max Medley	APSC Strophostyles leiosperma
APSC0016790	Trigg	Kentucky			APSC Strophostyles leiosperma
APSC0016793	Stewart	Tennessee	03 Aug 1985	Edward Chester	APSC Strophostyles leiosperma
APSC0016792	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Strophostyles leiosperma
TENN-V-0133236	Henry	Tennessee			TENN Strophostyles leiosperma
TENN-V-0133241	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Strophostyles leiosperma
TENN-V-0133237	Fayette	Tennessee			TENN Strophostyles leiosperma
APSC0106151	Calloway	Kentucky			APSC Strophostyles leiosperma
MEM018129	Carroll	Tennessee	05 Sep 1971	Betty Ann Thompson 210	MEM Strophostyles leiosperma

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