Rhynchosia edulis Griseb.

Chihuahuan snoutbean (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Rhynchosia

Characteristics

Vine, herbaceous to suffrutescent, stems angular to terete, pubescent. Leaves trifoliolate, ovate to ovate rhomboid, 1.0-3.5 cm long, 1.0-2.3 cm wide, apically acute, basally obtuse, strigulose above, hirsutulose, gland dotted beneath, viscid on both surfaces; terminal petiolule ca. 1.0 cm long, the lateral petiolules obsolete or to 1.0 mm long; petiole ca. 1.3 cm long, viscid; stipels caducous; stipules lanceolate ca. 0.5 cm long. Inflorescence equal to or exceeding the leaves, ca. 2.0 cm long; peduncle ca. 1.0 cm long; bracts lanceolate 2.0-3.0 mm long, ca-ducous; pedicels ca. 0.4 cm long. Flowers with the calyx not exceeding the corolla, viscid, puberulent, ca. 0.4 cm long, the lobes 2.0-3.0 mm long, the upper lobes partially united; corolla purplish, to 6.5 mm long, the standard obovate, auriculate, gland dotted, ca. 5.0 mm long, ca. 3.5 mm wide, the claw ca. 1.0 mm long, the wings oblong, ca. 4.5 mm long, ca. 1.5 mm wide, the claw ca. 1.5 mm long, the keel falcate, ca. 4.5 mm long, ca. 2.0 mm wide, the claw ca. 2.0 mm long; stamens 4.5 mm long. Fruits oblong ovate, strigose, gland dotted, viscid, ca. 1.5 cm long, 0.6 cm wide, the beak ca. 3.0 mm long; seeds ovoid, ca. 4.0 mm long, hilum linear, 1.0-2.0 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Rhynchosia edulis world distribution map, present in Argentina, American Samoa, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:220048-2
WFO ID wfo-0000164037
COL ID 4SSHW
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Synonyms

Eriosema volubile Dolicholus ixodes Dolicholus melanostictus Rhynchosia apoloensis Rhynchosia ixodes Rhynchosia melanosticta Rhynchosia pinetorum Rhynchosia rariflora Rhynchosia rupicola Eriosema edule Dolicholus nigropunctatus Rhynchosia edulis Dolicholus apoloensis Eriosema volubile f. densiore Rhynchosia pinetorum Rhynchosia nigropunctata Rhynchosia nigropunctata