Index / Search / Tephrosia spicata
§1 Plant
Tephrosia spicata (Walter) Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular spiked hoarypea — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Tephrosia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 273 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 273 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Atkinson 13003
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Bleckley 13023
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Burke 13033
- Camden 13039
- Catoosa 13047
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Dawson 13085
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Douglas 13097
- Elbert 13105
- Fannin 13111
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Fulton 13121
- Grady 13131
- Gwinnett 13135
- Harris 13145
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jones 13169
- Lamar 13171
- Madison 13195
- McDuffie 13189
- Murray 13213
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Paulding 13223
- Rabun 13241
- Richmond 13245
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Taliaferro 13265
- Ware 13299
- Washington 13303
- Wheeler 13309
- Wilcox 13315
- Wilkinson 13319
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Calhoun 28013
- Clarke 28023
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lincoln 28085
- Marion 28091
- Monroe 28095
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
North Carolina view state ↗ 69 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Virginia view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/TESP ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5342199 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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