PLANTS Profile for Sophora nuttalliana (silky sophora)

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PLANTS Profile

Sophora nuttalliana B.L. Turner
silky sophora

Symbol:

SONU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Sophora nuttalliana B.L. Turner

Sophora sericea

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 342. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sophora nuttalliana B.L. Turner

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Synonyms:
Sophora nuttalliana B.L. Turner

	SOSE8	Sophora sericea Nutt.
	VENU3	Vexibia nuttalliana (B.L. Turner) W.A. Weber

Distribution:
Sophora nuttalliana B.L. Turner


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USA (AZ, CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Sophora nuttalliana B.L. Turner

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 12 species in Sophora

Classification:
Sophora nuttalliana B.L. Turner

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Sophora L. – necklacepod
Species	Sophora nuttalliana B.L. Turner – silky sophora

More Accounts and Images:
Sophora nuttalliana B.L. Turner

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26962.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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Sophora nuttalliana B.L. Turner

Arizona: abstract & image of silky sophora (Sophora nuttalliana)

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