Hoffmannseggia
Hoffmannseggia is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, known generally as rushpeas. These are pod-bearing herbs and subshrubs native to the Americas. In North America they range from California and Nebraska to southern Mexico, and from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru to southern Argentina and Chile in South America.
The generic name honors Johann Centurius, Count of Hoffmannsegg, a nineteenth-century German nobleman and botanist.
Species
Hoffmannseggia comprises the following species:Hoffmannseggia aphylla G.P.Lewis & SotuyoHoffmannseggia arequipensis UlibarriHoffmannseggia doelli Phil.- * subsp. argentina Ulibarri
- * subsp. doellii Phil.Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa A.Gray — sicklepod holdbackHoffmannseggia drummondii Torr. & A.Gray — dwarf nickerHoffmannseggia erecta Phil.Hoffmannseggia eremophila Burkart ex UlibarriHoffmannseggia glauca Eifert—Indian rushpea, pig-nut, hog potatoHoffmannseggia humilis Hemsl.Hoffmannseggia intricata BrandegeeHoffmannseggia microphylla Torr.—wand holdbackHoffmannseggia minor UlibarriHoffmannseggia miranda SandwithHoffmannseggia oxycarpa Benth.—sharppod rushpea
- * subsp. arida B. B. Simpson
- * subsp. oxycarpa Benth.Hoffmannseggia peninsularis Wiggins—Peninsular holdbackHoffmannseggia prostrata Lag. ex DC.Hoffmannseggia pumilio B.B.SimpsonHoffmannseggia repens Cockerell—creeping nickerHoffmannseggia tenella Tharp & L.P.Williams—slender rushpeaHoffmannseggia trifoliata Cav.Hoffmannseggia viscosa Hook. & Arn.Hoffmannseggia watsonii RoseHoffmannseggia yaviensis Ulibarri