Neptunia lutea

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Neptunia lutea (Leavenw.) Benth.
Common Name:Yellow Puff; Yellow Neptunia
Habitat:Black Belt prairies.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Yellow Puff is a native herbaceous perennial in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It is found in west central Alabama in the Black Belt region. Yellow Puff occurs in prairies, on chalk outcrops, in cedar glades, and on roadsides. It is a perennial with a thick taproot. Stems are prostrate, short pubescent to almost glabrous, and up to 6 feet in length. The stems are green or reddish in color. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, bi-pinnately compound, with 4-5 pairs of pinnae each with 9-15 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets are oblong, entire, and ciliate. Like some species of Mimosa, the leaves of Yellow Puff will fold when touched or at night. Flowers are produced in ovoid or cylindrical heads from the axils of the leaves. Each head has 30-60 flowers, the upper flowers are perfect and fertile and the lower flowers are staminate. In bud the flower heads resemble unripe blackberries or mulberries. Each individual flower has five tiny yellow petals and ten yellow stamens. The fruit is a flattened, oblong legume. Yellow Puff is sometimes grown as a forage for livestock. Seed are available from some companies. They require scarification of the hard seed coat for germination to occur.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Neptunia
Species Neptunia lutea (Leavenw.) Benth. - Yellow Puff; Yellow Neptunia

Citation

Citation Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham, J. Bot. (Hooker) 4(31): 356. 1841.
Basionym: Acacia lutea Leavenw. 1824.
Type: Alabama: Green[e] Co.: Leavenworth s.n. [type specimen states "Florida" on pre-printed form which was in error].

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Mobile, Perry, Sumter

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, NY, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1954 - 1970

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU135835 Sumter 27 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39759		 JSU
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
AUA000040251 Greene 14 Jul 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP1803		 AUA
Neptunia Lutea (Leavenw.) Benth.
ALNHS00003288 Greene 14 Jul 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1803		 ALNHS
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UWAL0006990 Sumter 25 Jun 1998 White, James E.
B-152		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
USAM000006556 Sumter 27 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39772		 USAM
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
TROY000032529 Dallas 12 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22087		 TROY
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
SAMF0001787 Sumter 08 Jun 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3668		 SAMF
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
TROY000048249 Hale 13 Jun 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28977		 TROY
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
UWAL0006988 Perry 04 Jun 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2925		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UNA00068684 Greene 27 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4512		 UNA
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UNA00067066 Sumter 08 Jun 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3668		 UNA
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
TROY000019535 Sumter 08 Jun 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3668		 TROY
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
UWAL0050544 Hale 12 Jun 2020 Soehren, Eric C.
665		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenw.) Benth.
UWAL0006987 Hale 04 Jun 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2944		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UWAL0006986 Hale 23 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4473		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
TROY000019533 Hale 06 Jun 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2242		 TROY
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
UNA00058458 Hale 06 Jun 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2242		 UNA
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UNA00017770 Marengo 28 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39835		 UNA
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UWAL0006989 Sumter 08 Jun 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3668		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
AUA000024553 Sumter 8 Jun 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3668		 AUA
Neptunia Lutea (Leavenw.) Benth.
UWFP009668 Mobile 22 Sep 1984 James R. Burkhalter
317		 UWFP
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
TROY000019534 Perry 04 Jun 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2925		 TROY
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
UNA00017771 Sumter 27 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39772		 UNA
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UNA00067151 Hale 04 Jun 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2944		 UNA
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UWAL0002724 Marengo 30 May 2010 England, J. Kevin
2421		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
JSU135836 Sumter 3 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39647		 JSU
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
AUA000027996 Dallas 12 May 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6480		 AUA
Neptunia Lutea (Leavenw.) Benth.
UNA00017775 Hale 06 Sep 1965 Maginness, Sherrie E.
76		 UNA
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UWAL0003060 Dallas 12 May 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6480		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
TROY000033941 Marengo 30 May 2010 England, J. Kevin
2421		 TROY
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
SAMF0001785 Dallas 12 May 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6480		 SAMF
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
NY00001439 s.d. Melines C. Leavenworth
s.n.		 NY
Acacia lutea Leavenw.
UWAL0006991 Sumter 25 Jun 1998 White, James E.
B-153		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
USAM000006557 Sumter 27 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39759		 USAM
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
UNA00017774 Hale 18 Jun 1968 Thomas, Joab L.
1704		 UNA
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
SAMF0006662 Hale 17 Jun 2016 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6351		 SAMF
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
TROY000019268 Greene 27 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4512		 TROY
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
UWAL0050217 Hale 13 Jun 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28977		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworthia) Bentham
UWAL0011739 Greene 08 May 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6452		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
UNA00017769 Mobile _ Jul 1868 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UWAL0006985 Greene 27 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4512		 UWAL
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UNA00026678 Greene 19 Jun 1954 Harper, Roland M.
4299		 UNA
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
AUA000028644 Perry 4 Jun 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2925		 AUA
Neptunia Lutea (Leavenw.) Benth.
SAMF0001786 Hale 04 Jun 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2944		 SAMF
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Bentham
ALNHS00001196 Hale 07 Jun 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#570		 ALNHS
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
UNA00064886 Perry 04 Jun 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2925		 UNA
Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth.
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