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Orbexilum virgatum
Orbexilum virgatum, commonly known as the pineland leather-root or slender leather-root, is a flowering plant that grows in Georgia and northeast Florida. It is a perennial, grows 30-60cm tall with 3-8cm long leaves and has purple to dark-blue flowers. It is in the Orbexilum genus and Fabaceae family. It grows in pineland savannahs. It is endangered. It has also been classified as Psoralea virgata and Lotodes virgata. It has also been referred to as pineland scurfpea.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Orbexilum virgatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
