Devil's Shoestring (Tephrosia angustissima var. angustissima)

Photo Credit: Keith Bradley

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Fabaceae
State: FL
Nature Serve ID: 155813
Lifeform: Shrub, Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 08/23/2022

Description:

Tephrosia angustissima, also known as narrow leaf hoary pea is a perennial herb with arching stems, 8-32 inches long and 11-17 small (0.6-1.6) leaflets. It has tiny white to dark pink flowers and oblong, flat fruit pods about 1.2 - 1.6 inches long. Narrowleaf hoarypea lived in the pine rocklands of Dade County, FL but has not been seen in decades and is thought to be extinct.

Where is Devil's Shoestring (Tephrosia angustissima var. angustissima) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Devil's Shoestring can be found in Florida

Which CPC Partners conserve Devil's Shoestring (Tephrosia angustissima var. angustissima)?

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

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Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Known from south Florida and from Cuba. This species was once fairly frequent in Dade County, Florida, but it has not been seen there since the late 1800s. Its abundance in Cuba is unknown.