Wild Tantan

Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd.

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Desmanthus virgatus (Wild Tantan) is a species of perennial herb in the family legumes. They are native to The Contiguous United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. They have white flowers. Individuals can grow to 2 feet.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/4796775

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/4566966

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000323
Definition: An achromatic color of maximum brightness; the color of objects that reflect nearly all light of all visible wavelengths.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dictionary:http://dictionary.reference.com/]

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EOL has data for 61 attributes, including:

after harvest regrowth rate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/AfterHarvestRegrowthRate
- Definition: Indicates the relative rate of regrowth of a herbaceous plant after a harvest of above ground herbage.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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moderate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/moderateRate
- Definition: Moderate rate. A rate which is neither relatively high nor low.
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anaerobic soil tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/AnaerobicSoilTolerance
- Definition: The relative tolerance of the plant to anaerobic soil conditions.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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low tolerance
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002394
- Definition: decreased tolerance to: A tolerance quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's decreased ability to endure a stimulus.
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calcareous soil tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/CalcareousSoilTolerance
- Definition: The relative tolerance of the plant to calcareous soil. Calcareous soil is defined as soil containing sufficient free CaCO3 and other carbonates to effervesce visibly or audibly when treated with cold 0.1M HCl. These soils usually contain from 10 to almost 1000g/kg CaCO3 equivalent.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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medium (normal)
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000461
- Definition: Average. A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting no deviation from normal or average.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]
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fire resistance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FireResistance
- Definition: The ability of an organism to resist burning.
- Comment: If a plant can carry a fire—and most can—it is scored as "not fire resistant" in the USDA PLANTS database where this characteristic is evaluated with reference to problem fires in California. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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no
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/no
- Definition: This statement is false; the answer to this question is no.
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fire tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FireTolerance
- Definition: The relative ability of a plant to resprout, regrow, or reestablish from residual seed after a fire.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields (Fire tolerance). http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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low tolerance
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002394
- Definition: decreased tolerance to: A tolerance quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's decreased ability to endure a stimulus.
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fruit or seed color
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FruitSeedColor
- Definition: The predominant and conspicuous color of the mature fruit or seed from a landscaping aesthetics standpoint.
- Attribution: USDA Plants database. Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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brown
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000952
- Definition: A color consisting of dark orange, red, of very low intensity.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown]
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Jamaica
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3489940
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native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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The Contiguous United States
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170
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planting density
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PlantingDensity
- Definition: Recommended minimum number of individual plants to plant per area.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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1200 per acre
precipitation tolerance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrecipitationTolerance
- Definition: Minimum tolerable rainfall (in inches), expressed as the average annual minimum precipitation that occurs 20% of the time (i.e., the probability of it being this dry in any given year is 20%) at the driest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. geographical range of the plant. For cultivars, the geographical range is defined as the area to which the cultivar is well adapted rather than marginally adapted.
- Comment: Minimum precipitation tolerance: Minimum tolerable rainfall, expressed as the average annual minimum precipitation that occurs 20% of the time (i.e., the probability of it being this dry in any given year is 20%) at the driest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. Maximum precipitation tolerance: Maximum tolerable rainfall, expressed as the annual average precipitation of the wettest climate station within the known geographical range of the plant. For cultivars, the geographical range is defined as the area to which the cultivar is well adapted rather than marginally adapted.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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80 inch
seed period begin
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedPeriodBegin
- Definition: Season in which the earliest fruit or seed of the fruit/seed period is visually obvious.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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year round
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/yearRound
- Definition: An activity or period that continues throughout the entire year.
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seeds per pound
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedPerPound
- Definition: The number of seeds per pound in an average seed lot.
- Attribution: USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
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340000

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of wild tantan. View this species on GBIF

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