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Rushpeas
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Rushpeas

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 and southern Africa. The generic name honors Johann Centurius, Count of Hoffmannsegg, a nineteenth-century German nobleman and botanist.

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23 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Indian rushpea

speciesHoffmannseggia glauca

Wand Holdback

speciesHoffmannseggia microphylla

Creeping rushpea

speciesHoffmannseggia repens

Hoffmannseggia viscosa

speciesHoffmannseggia viscosa

Sicklepod Holdback

speciesHoffmannseggia drepanocarpa

Hoffmannseggia minor

speciesHoffmannseggia minor

Hoffmannseggia doellii

speciesHoffmannseggia doellii

Hoffmannseggia trifoliata

speciesHoffmannseggia trifoliata

Hoffmannseggia prostrata

speciesHoffmannseggia prostrata

Sharppod Rushpea

speciesHoffmannseggia oxycarpa

Dwarf Nicker

speciesHoffmannseggia drummondii

Hoffmannseggia erecta

speciesHoffmannseggia erecta

Hoffmannseggia intricata

speciesHoffmannseggia intricata

Hoffmannseggia aphylla

speciesHoffmannseggia aphylla

Hoffmannseggia ternata

speciesHoffmannseggia ternata

Hoffmannseggia watsonii

speciesHoffmannseggia watsonii

slender rushpea

speciesHoffmannseggia tenella

Hoffmannseggia miranda

speciesHoffmannseggia miranda

Hoffmannseggia eremophila

speciesHoffmannseggia eremophila

Hoffmannseggia humilis

speciesHoffmannseggia humilis

Hoffmannseggia peninsularis

speciesHoffmannseggia peninsularis

Hoffmannseggia arequipensis

speciesHoffmannseggia arequipensis

Hoffmannseggia pumilio

speciesHoffmannseggia pumilio

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