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Thermopsis villosa
Also called Carolina lupine, Carolina false lupine, Carolina bush pea, Southern lupine, Blue Ridge golden banner, Carolina Lupin, Bush Pea
Thermopsis villosa, commonly referred to as hairy false lupine, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the legume family. Its native range is in North America, in the southern Appalachian Mountains, principally in western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and northern Georgia. It is found elsewhere as an escape from cultivation. It occurs mainly in disturbed sites.
NatureServe assigns Thermopsis villosa a global conservation rank of G3?, indicating that the species is probably vulnerable. Its rounded global rank is G3.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thermopsis villosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
