Texas Snoutbeam
Rhynchosia senna texana
Characteristics
- Flowers - Yellow, green-yellow keel, hirsute calyx and peduncle.
- Foliage - Leaves with 3 leaflets, leaflets are narrow with a rough upper surface, lower surface hirsute with prominent veins, groove in petiole.
- Stem structures - Upward twining stems with a few hairs.
Vine in a typical sunny environment.
Flower Closeup.
Flower calyx and peduncle.
Leaf composed of 3 leaflets, upper surfaces.
Leaflet underside.
Closeup of the underside of a leaflet and connecting stem. Note the joints and direction of the hairs.
Leaf petiole.
Twining stems and nodes.
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