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Stylosanthes biflora
Also called Sidebeak Pencil Flower, Two Flower Pencil Flower, Pencil Flower
Sidebeak pencilflower is a low, branching native perennial legume of the eastern and central United States, growing 10–30 cm tall with yellow-orange pea-type flowers in summer and fall. It thrives in sunny, dry, open sites such as prairies and glades.
Stylosanthes biflora, known by the common names pencil flower, sidebeak pencilflower, and endbeak pencilflower, is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae (legume) family. It is native to the Southeastern United States where it is widespread in open areas of native vegetation. It produces yellow-orange flowers in the summer and fall.
This species is highly variable throughout its range, and numerous species had previously been segregated out of it. However, their morphological differences have been found to be so overlapping that the former segregates are now considered the same species.
The species is native in the United States from Texas to the west, Illinois to the north, New York to the east, and Florida to the south. It is also present in Arizona. Its habitats include sunny and dry areas, such as glades, prairies, savannas, dry upland forests, tops of bluffs, and riverbanks.
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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.
