Shyleaf
Aeschynomene americana
Summary 6
Aeschynomene americana is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by many common names, including shyleaf,forage aeschynomene,American joint vetch (United States and Australia), thornless mimosa (Sri Lanka), bastard sensitive plant (Jamaica), pega pega, pega ropa, antejuela, ronte, cujicillo, and dormilonga (Latin America). It is native to Central America, parts of South America, the West Indies, and Florida.
Miscellaneous details 7
Notes: Grasslands
Sources and Credits
- (c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2788632539/
- Michael Kesl, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/57272.jpg
- (c) "<a href=""http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/WLI/"">USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://plants.usda.gov/gallery/large/aeam_001_lvp.jpg
- (c) Marco Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=2338
- (c) MAPR, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10223276
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschynomene_americana
- (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26041393
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
