Tephrosia multifoliaRose

WFO wfo-0000164678 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Tephrosia multifolia, photographed by Eugenio Padilla
fig. a Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2019-10-22 / obs. 56115905
Tephrosia multifolia, photographed by Eugenio Padilla
fig. b Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 56116048
Tephrosia multifolia, photographed by Eugenio Padilla
fig. c Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 56116076
Tephrosia multifolia, photographed by Eugenio Padilla
fig. d Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 56116069
Tephrosia multifolia, photographed by Eugenio Padilla
fig. e Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 56116072
Tephrosia multifolia, photographed by Eugenio Padilla
fig. f Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 56116103
Tephrosia multifolia, photographed by Eugenio Padilla
fig. g Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 56116002

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Tephrosia multifolia is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCosta RicaEl SalvadorHondurasNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Tephrosia multifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cracca arcuata Rydb.
  • Cracca heydeana Rydb.
  • Cracca multifolia (Rose) Rose
  • Tephrosia arcuata (Rydb.) Standl.
  • Tephrosia heydeana (Rydb.) Standl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.