''Thermopsis mollis'' is a species of flowering plant in the
known by the common names Allegheny Mountain goldenbanner,
soft bush pea, and soft-haired thermopsis. It is native to the southeastern United States from southern
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
to northern
Georgia.
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This plant is a
rhizomatous perennial herb with erect, branching stems growing up to 1.5 meters tall. The
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
is a
raceme
A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...
at the top of the stem. The fruit is a
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
pod up to 7 centimeters long. The plant reproduces by seed and by sprouting from its woody rhizome.
[
This plant grows in the ]Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They ...
and the Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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uplands.[
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References
External links
The Nature Conservancy: ''Thermopsis mollis''
Sophoreae
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Taxa named by Moses Ashley Curtis
Taxa named by Asa Gray
Taxa named by André Michaux
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