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Fabaceae: Bean, Pea

Genus  (Click for Taxon List)	WI Taxa (map link)	Photo	Genus Traits	Google Searches
Amorpha false indigo	2		Purple flowers with bright orange stamens in dense spikes. Leaves pinnate, silvery. Woody shrub.	Images   Information
Amphicarpaea hog-peanut	1		White to lavender flowers in small clusters. Pods few seeded, flat, coil when open. Vine with 3-parted leaves.	Images   Information
Anthyllis kidney-vetch	1		Yellow- reddish flowers in rounded, tight clusters. Pods with 1 to few seeds. Leaves odd-pinnate with long end leaflet.	Images   Information
Apios groundnut	1		Pink-brownish flowers in pointed tight clusters. Pods inflated, coil when open. Leaves odd-pinnate with end leaflet. Vine of shaded, moist areas.	Images   Information
Astragalus locoweed, milk-vetch, poison-vetch	5		Yellow, pink, or purple flowers in spike-like clusters from leaf axils. Pods inflated. Leaves odd-pinnate with many leaflets.	Images   Information
Baptisia false indigo	4		Yellow, white or blue flowers in large, loose spikes. Pods inflated. Leaves palmate with 3-5 leaflets.	Images   Information
Caragana pea-shrub	1		Yellow flowers in loose clusters. Pods inflated. Leaves even-pinnate. Woody shrub.	Images   Information
Coronilla crown-vetch	1		Pink flowers in rounded, dense clusters. Pods inflated, narrowing between seeds. Leaves odd-pinnate. Forms dense cover.	Images   Information
Crotalaria rattle-box	1		Yellow flowers. Pod inflated. Leaves not divided.	Images   Information
Dalea indigo-bush, prairie-clover	5		Purple or white flowers in dense spikes. Pods 1-2 seeded, small. Leaves glandular-dotted with thin odd-pinnate leaves.	Images   Information
Desmodium begger-ticks, tick-trefoil	9		Pink flowers on tall, loose branched clusters. Pods divided into flat, triangular, sticky, 1-seeded sections. Leaves 3-parted.	Images   Information
Genista greenweed	1		Yellow flowers in dense, pointed clusters. Pods flat, opening when mature. Leaves not divided. Woody shrub.	Images   Information
Glycine soybean soybean	1		Pink flowers. Pods inflated, fuzzy. Leaves 3-parted. Entire plant fuzzy.	Images   Information
Glycyrrhiza licorice	1		Yellowish flowers in dense conical clusters. Pods inflated, spiny. Leaves odd-pinnate, not toothed.	Images   Information
Lathyrus vetchling, wild pea	10		Pink, purple or yellow flowers in loose clusters. Leaves even-pinnate ending in vining tendril.	Images   Information
Lespedeza bush-clover	9		White, pink, or purple flowers. Pods 1-seeded. Leaves 3-parted, end leaflet stalked. Mostly herbs, 1 shrub.	Images   Information
Lotus trefoil	2		Yellow, creamish flowers either solitary or in dense umbels. Pods inflated. Leaves 3-5 parted.	Images   Information
Lupinus lupine	4		Blue to white flowers in tall, conical spikes. Pod flattened, coils when open. Leaves palmate.	Images   Information
Medicago alfalfa, medic	5		Yellow or blue flowers in dense round to conical clusters. Calyx not 2-lipped. Pods curved or coiled. Leaves 3-parted with tiny, forward-pointed teeth, end leaflet stalked.	Images   Information
Melilotus melilot, sweet-clover	4		Yellow or white flowers in many long, branched clusters. Pods roundish, 1-4 seeded. Leaves 3-parted with tiny, forward-pointed teeth.	Images   Information
Onobrychis sainfoin	1		Rosy-red flowers in dense, conical clusters. Pods rounded, closed when mature with toothed or spiny edges. Leaves odd-pinnate.	Images   Information
Oxytropis crazyweed, locoweed	1		Pink-purple flowers in dense, conical clusters. Pods inflated. Leaves odd-pinnate.	Images   Information
Pediomelum scurf-pea	2		Purple flowers in dense, conical clusters. Pods flat, closed when mature, 1-2 seeds. Leaves 3-5 parted, silvery.	Images   Information
Robinia locust	2		White or rose flowers in long clusters. Pods flat with indentation separating seeds. Leaves odd-pinnate. Large tree.	Images   Information
Strophostyles fuzzy bean	2		Pink/purple to white flowers in few-flowers clusters. Pods long, flat, fuzzy, coiling when open. Leaves 3-parted. Twining vine.	Images   Information
Tephrosia hoary pea	1		Mixed yellow and pink flowers in loose, conical clusters. Pods inflated, fuzzy, coiling when open. Leaves odd-pinnate, slivery.	Images   Information
Thermopsis false-lupine, thermopsis	2		Yellow flowers in long, loose terminal clusters. Pods long, flat. Leaves 3-parted.	Images   Information
Trifolium clover, trefoil	10		Pink, red, yellow, or white flowers in dense, round to conical heads. Calyx 2-lipped. Pods short, straight. Leaves 3-parted with tiny, forward-pointed teeth.	Images   Information
Vicia tare, vetch	9		Purple to pink flowers either solitary or in long clusters. Pods long, either flat or rounded. Leaves even-pinnate with end vining tendrils.	Images   Information