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Tephrosia spicata
Spiked hoarypea is a native herbaceous perennial legume of the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, grown from a deep taproot and valued in dry, sandy, fire-maintained habitats. It is a wildflower of sandhills and pine savannas, best grown in a dry, sunny, well-drained site.
Tephrosia spicata, known commonly as spiked hoarypea, is a plant that grows in North America.
Tephrosia spicata is native to the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, from southern Delaware to Florida and west to Louisiana and Kentucky. It grows in habitats with dry soils, commonly pine/scrub oak sandhills, longleaf pine sandhills, and other dry oak or mixed hardwood communities.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tephrosia spicata 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.
