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Pueraria montana
Vine Flowers. Blue/purple/violet/pink with white or yellow splash at the base of the banner/standard petal; borne on raceme on bracted pedicels; flowers open from the bottom to the top. Leaves. Compound with 3 leaflets; alternate; leaflets may be entire or lobed with soft hair on the underside. Fruit legume pod covered densely with golden-brown hairs.
Growing in understory of mixed pine/deciduous forest.
Growing densely as a ground cover in open areas; aggressively climbing trees at the edge of the forest.
Spotted on Sep 2, 2015
Submitted on Sep 6, 2015
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