Scientific Name
Tephrosia virginiana
Common Name
Goat's rue
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
1 to 2 feet
Flower/fruit:
.75 inch flower; yellow standard petal often flushed with pink and a rose-pink keel
Flowering Season:
Spring, summer
Foliage:
Pinnately divided leaves with 14 to 28 narrowly oblong leaflets
Site:
Soil tolerant; sun to partial shade; found in dry open woods, thickets or fields; prefers sandy soil
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