Orbexilum onobrychis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family (Traditional)Fabaceae
GenusOrbexilum
Species:Orbexilum onobrychis (Nutt.) Rydb.
Common NameFrench Grass
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; 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 Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 3; Base Flower Color: Purple; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Type: Legume; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 6
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S3?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.
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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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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

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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: Bath (KY), Fleming (KY), Garrard (KY), Graves (KY), Jefferson (KY), Lincoln (KY), Oldham (KY), Pulaski (KY), Wayne (KY), Montgomery (TN), Roane (TN), Stewart (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1968 - 2010

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
APSC0086597 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0073468 Roane Tennessee 14 Jun 1984 Max Medley with H. DeSelm
10513-84		 APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0077529 Oldham Kentucky 22 Jun 1968 Harry Woodward
 APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0086596 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0052752 Garrard Kentucky
APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0017081 Montgomery Tennessee 02 Jul 1993 Edward W. Chester
12985		 APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
BEREA014508 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0088523 Bath Kentucky
APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0117178 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0086599 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0094520 Wayne Kentucky
APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0074869 Stewart Tennessee 08 Jul 1993 Landon E. Mckinney, E. Wayne Chester
5769		 APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
31234100444155 Fleming Kentucky 19 Oct 2009 Deborah White
10		 EKY
Orbexilum onobrychis
31234100444171 Pulaski Kentucky 01 Jun 1991 J. Richard Abbott, Ralph L. Thompson, F. Dale Noe, Jr.
379		 EKY
Orbexilum onobrychis
BEREA014506 Lincoln Kentucky
BEREA
Orbexilum onobrychis
BEREA014507 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0071197 Roane Tennessee 14 Jun 1984 Max Medley with H. DeSelm
10513-84		 APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
31234100444163 Garrard Kentucky 26 Jul 2010 W. W. Overbeck
636		 EKY
Orbexilum onobrychis
31234100444189 Pulaski Kentucky 05 Jul 1991 John Richard Abbott
824		 EKY
Orbexilum onobrychis
31234100716818 Lincoln Kentucky 03 Jul 1993 Ronald L. Jones
7401		 EKY
Orbexilum onobrychis
APSC0097191 Graves Kentucky 10 Jul 1972 Ralph Thompson
 APSC
Orbexilum onobrychis
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Orbexilum onobrychis - Tara Littlefield
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