Photographs are not available yet.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY
Genus host records with ranges including KY · Orbexilum
- Cyclophora pendulinariaSweetfern Geometer
- Grapholita orbexilanaCherry Fruit Worm
2BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Orbexilum
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Psoralea
- Perdix perdixGray Partridge
Flies 4
- Anthrax sinuosa
- Bombylius atriceps
- Exoprosopa fasciata
- Physocephala tibialis
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
Adult butterflies / moths 4
- Hemaris thysbe
- Pontia protodice
- Schinia jaguarina
- Thanaos juvenalis
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
Other wasps 6
- Leionotus arvensis
- Leionotus dorsalis
- Priononyx atrata
- Priononyx thomae
- Pterochilus 5-fasciatus
- Sphex gracilis
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Flower color
- Purple or violet
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “Purple or violet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Height · “Up to about 3.33333 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Light · “Partial shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
- primary_flower_color · “purple” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Soil · “Dry; Moist (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
Also known as
Lance Leaf French Grass; Lanceleaf Scurfpea; Psoralea onobrychis
Conservation status
| Kentucky rank | S3? |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| KY status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- tnky_atlas
- usda
- nc_flora
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications