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Stylosanthes
Also called Stylo
Stylosanthes, or pencilflower and stylo, is a genus of legumes with about 50 species, many grown as tropical pasture and forage plants. It is grown as a low, drought-tolerant herb or shrub in full sun, and it fixes its own nitrogen.
Stylosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae and contains numerous highly important pasture and forage species. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae. The common name pencilflower is sometimes used for plants in this genus.
Shrubby pencilflower · Stylo · Cheesytoes · Townsville stylo · Pencilflower
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