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Rhynchosia tomentosa
Twining snoutbean is a native perennial legume of the southeastern US, growing in dry open pine woodlands and sandhills. It is mainly valued as a native wildflower for natural or wild gardens rather than as a cultivated ornamental.
Rhynchosia tomentosa, commonly known as the twining snoutbean is a species of plant in the legume family. It is native to the Southeastern United States, where it is primarily found in dry, open woodlands and sandhills.
This species has been found at elevations up to 240 meters (787 feet) above sea level. within the Coastal Plain region of the United States.
Doubleform snoutbean · Prairie snoutbean · Rhynchosia malacophylla · Least snoutbean · Rosary snoutbean · Dollarleaf · Rhynchosia viscosa · Winding Snoutbean · Snoutbean
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhynchosia tomentosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
