Rhynchosia minima
Linnaeus

Rhynchosia minima Snoutbean, courtesy of Melody Lytle

Rhynchosia minima Snoutbean, courtesy of Melody Lytle

Leaves ocur in groups of three (trifoliate), and the individual leaflets are rhomboid, ovate or sub-orbicular, as wide as they are long with a slightly pointed tip.

Rhynchosia minima Snoutbean, courtesy of Melody Lytle

Six to twelve, small, yellow flowers open along a 5 to 10 cm long raceme. The calyx or green whorl at the base of each flower has five lobes.

The subsequent oblong, two seeded pods are small, 1 to 1.5 cm long x 0.4 to 0.6 cm wide, and are black when ripe.

In North American it occurs from the southern United States (South Carolina to Florida and Texas) to Mexico.

The following North American butterfly species utilize Rhynchosia minima as a larval host.

Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus .

Lycaenidae: Hemiargus ceraunus.

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