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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Caesalpinieae
  8. Rushpeas

genus

Rushpeas

Hoffmannseggia

Traits
Includes
6 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Indian Rushpea native
  • Wand Holdback native
  • Creeping Rushpea native
  • Sicklepod Holdback native
  • Sharppod Rushpea native
  • Dwarf Nicker native
  • Slender Rushpea native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native rushpeas All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Indian Rushpea Hoffmannseggia glauca food 2
  • Wand Holdback Hoffmannseggia microphylla flowers 9
  • Creeping Rushpea Hoffmannseggia repens
  • Sicklepod Holdback Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa
  • Dwarf Nicker Hoffmannseggia drummondii
  • Sharppod Rushpea Hoffmannseggia oxycarpa
  • Slender Rushpea Hoffmannseggia tenella

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