''Orbexilum virgatum'', commonly known as the pineland leather-root or slender leather-root, is a flowering plant that grows in Georgia and northeast Florida.
It is a perennial, grows 30-60cm tall with 3-8cm long leaves and has purple to dark-blue flowers.
It is in the
Orbexilum
''Orbexilum'', commonly called leather-root, is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). They are native to North America, where they are found in the United States and Mexico, south to Chiapas.
This genus can be distinguishe ...
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family. It grows in pineland savannahs. It is endangered. It has also been classified as ''Psoralea virgata'' and ''Lotodes virgata''.
It has also been referred to as pineland scurfpea.
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Plants described in 1919
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