{"id":2005,"date":"2016-07-14T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T16:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2025-02-12T07:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:33:13","slug":"thermopsis-rhombifolia-nutt-ex-richards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/thermopsis-rhombifolia-nutt-ex-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermopsis rhombifolia Nutt. ex Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This sample was brought into us out of curiosity. A very large patch is growing in a field where cattle will be turned out. The plant is known as&nbsp;<em>Thermopsis rhombifolia<\/em> and is from the pea family. You may recognize a similarity between the sweet pea flower and this plant. It is considered native and is a perennial. It is considered a weed and can be highly competitive with other vegetation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has several distiguishing characteristics. It is 6- 16 inches tall and has from 1-5 stems emerging from the same crown. Stems contain leaflets that occur in threes and alternate. Flowers cluster up to 4 inches long and contain 10-30 individual yellow flowers. Usually flowers in April and May but this flowering sample was brought into us in July (2016). It is not palatable to livestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other names: Goldenpea, Prairie Buckbean, Prairie Thermopsis, Prairie Goldenpea, Golden Bean, Yellow Bean, Yellow Pea, False Lupine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference book: <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/uw_extension\/docs\/weeds_of_the_west_11th_edition_2012_087337143df7f9\">Weeds of the West<\/a> &#8211; digital page 55, paper version page 344<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"594\" src=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2063\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-3-792x594.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Pea\" class=\"wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-3-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-3-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"594\" src=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2063\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-size-792x594.jpg\" alt=\"Thermopsis rhombifolia - size comparrison photo. Courtesy Adena Sabins MGPC\" class=\"wp-image-2007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-size-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-size-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-size-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-size-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-size-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"699\" src=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2063\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-flower-792x699.jpg\" alt=\"Thermopsis rhombifolia - size comparrison photo. Courtesy Adena Sabins MGPC\" class=\"wp-image-2008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-flower-792x699.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-flower-396x349.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-flower-768x677.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-flower-1536x1355.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-flower-2048x1807.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"928\" src=\"http:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2063\/2016\/07\/Thermopsis-rhombifolia-792x928.jpg\" alt=\"Thermopsis rhombifolia - photo. 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A very large patch is growing in a field where cattle will be turned out. The plant is known as&nbsp;Thermopsis rhombifolia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_external_link":"","_expiration_date":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6866,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions\/6866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/stevens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}