Scientific Name
Tephrosia virginiana

Common Name
Goat's rue
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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