PLANTS Profile for Stylosanthes biflora (sidebeak pencilflower)

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Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
sidebeak pencilflower

Symbol:

STBI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Stylosanthes floridana

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, FL, Lynn Haven. Usage Requirements.

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Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Synonyms:
Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

	STBIH	Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. hispidissima (Michx.) Pollard & Ball
	STFL3	Stylosanthes floridana S.F. Blake
	STRI3	Stylosanthes riparia Kearney
	STRIS	Stylosanthes riparia Kearney var. setifera Fernald

Distribution:
Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.


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Related Taxa:
Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 13 species in Stylosanthes

Classification:
Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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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	Stylosanthes Sw. – pencilflower
Species	Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – sidebeak pencilflower

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Pennsylvania:
pencil-flower		Endangered

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Low						Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Stylosanthes biflora (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26973.

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).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 03:24 AM CDT