Scientific Name:  Hoffmanseggia glauca (Ortega) Eifert Common Name:  Hogpotato
Scientific Family:   Affiliation:  TCE, TAES, And TTU
Local Names:   Common Family Name:  Legume
Life Cycle:  Perennial >> Creeping Leaf Arrangement:  Alternate
Stem Characteristic:  Erect Stem Type:  Round
Leaf Structure:  Compound >> Pinnately Petiole:  No
Leaf Margins:  Entire Leaf Shape:  Leaflets Linear
Leaf Hairs:  Yes Flower Color:  Yellow Or Reddish-orange
Growth Stage:  Flowering Environment:  Corn Field, Commercial Vegetables, Cotton Field, Gardens, Peanut Field, Roadsides, Sorghum Field, Water Ways
Other:  Flowers are pea-like, yellow to red-orange, about 1/2 inch long. Pods are 1 1/2 inch long, containing dark reddish-brown seeds. Reproduces from seed or underground tubers.