Carolina Bush Pea
Thermopsis villosa
Picture Taken June 21, 2002
This yellow-flowered legume can be found growing locally in open woodlands. It flowers May
through June. It is a perennial herb, growing 2-3 feet high. Easy to cultivate, it is propagated
in the spring by division of rootstocks or by seeds. The scientific name of the genus comes from
the Greek thermos, a lupine, and opsis, an allusion to the resemblance to lupines.
It belongs to the pea or bean family (Fabaceae).
Plant Name Index
| Pictorial Index
March 25
| April 2
| April 15
April 20
| April 23
| May 1
May 8
| May 15
| May 24
June 11
| June 19
| June 21
July 2
| July 17
