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Multibloom hoarypea

Tephrosia onobrychoides

Also called Multi-bloom Hoary-pea, Hoary Pea, Multi Bloom Tephrosia

Multibloom hoarypea
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0

Multibloom hoarypea is a native North American perennial wildflower in the pea family, grown mainly for its showy pea-like flowers and silvery foliage. It needs full sun and very well-drained soil, and it suits prairie-style or native plantings.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; it tolerates drought and dislikes soggy soil.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, well-drained soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates cold winters and summer heat.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Tephrosia onobrychoides, commonly called multi-bloom hoary pea, is a species of plant in the pea family that is native to Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Alabama in the United States of America.

Other Tephrosia plants

Tephrosia arenicola · White hoarypea · Scurf hoarypea · Tephrosia clementii · Tephrosia elongata · Florida hoarypea · Pink Tephrosia · Sprawling hoarypea · Sandhill Tippetoes · Tephrosia odorata · Pondo Poison Pea · Fishpoison

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tephrosia onobrychoides 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.

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