Fabaceae — Legume Family
Ononis viscosa L.
Ononis viscosa L.
Ononis viscosa L. is a small self-supporting annual herb in Fabaceae with broad leaves, growing up to 0.18 m tall.
Ononis reclinata L.
Ononis reclinata L.
Ononis reclinata L. is a small self-supporting annual herb in Fabaceae with compound broad leaves.
Ononis natrix subsp. hesperia Maire
Ononis natrix subsp. hesperia Maire
This is a description of Ononis natrix subsp. hesperia Maire, a perennial Mediterranean glandular plant with yellow flowers.
Parochetus communis Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Parochetus communis Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Parochetus communis is a widely distributed prostrate herb native to Asian and Afrotropical mountains.
Parochetus africanus Polhill
Parochetus africanus Polhill
Parochetus communis is a small prostrate herb with trifoliate leaves and blue flowers, native across Asia and African mountains, classed as Least Concern.
Lotus ornithopodioides L.
Lotus ornithopodioides L.
Lotus ornithopodioides, southern bird's foot trefoil, is a 5 cm tall self-supporting annual herb in Fabaceae with broad compound leaves.
Lotus angustissimus L.
Lotus angustissimus L.
Lotus angustissimus L. is an annual mat-forming plant with reddish seeds, native across Eurasia and North Africa, and introduced as a weed to California.
Lotus conimbricensis Brot.
Lotus conimbricensis Brot.
Lotus conimbricensis Brot. is a trailing species in the genus Lotus, with an Arabic name לוֹטוּס רִיסָנִי.
Lotus edulis L.
Lotus edulis L.
Lotus edulis L. is a small self-supporting annual herb in Fabaceae with compound broad leaves.
Lotus glinoides Delile
Lotus glinoides Delile
Lotus glinoides is a dwarf annual plant with retuse leaflets, pinkish purple flowers, found across parts of Africa and southwest Asia.
Lotus lancerottensis Webb & Berthel.
Lotus lancerottensis Webb & Berthel.
Lotus lancerottensis is a plant species with marked dark green leaves and puffed yellow pea-like flowers.
Lotus graecus L.
Lotus graecus L.
Lotus graecus L. is a plant with unique white pompom-like flowers, hairy five-lobed leaves, and distinctive reddish melon-like clustered seedheads.
Lotus japonicus (Regel) K.Larsen
Lotus japonicus (Regel) K.Larsen
Lotus japonicus is a wild perennial legume widely used as a model organism for legume genome research.
Lotus longisiliquosus R.Roem.
Lotus longisiliquosus R.Roem.
Lotus longisiliquosus R.Roem. is a Lotus plant with three to four yellow flowers, and three-margined, hairless, silvery leaves.
Lotus berthelotii Masf.
Lotus berthelotii Masf.
Lotus berthelotii is an endangered trailing ornamental evergreen shrub from the Canary Islands adapted to bird pollination.
Hosackia rosea Eastw.
Hosackia rosea Eastw.
Hosackia rosea is a North American native legume that is a potential host plant for critically endangered lotis blue butterfly caterpillars.
Hosackia stipularis Benth.
Hosackia stipularis Benth.
Hosackia stipularis Benth. is an erect perennial herb with pink flowers and beanlike seeds in long legume pods.
Ornithopus sativus Brot.
Ornithopus sativus Brot.
Ornithopus sativus is a flowering Fabaceae forage species native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa, widely introduced globally.
Acmispon denticulatus (Drew) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon denticulatus (Drew) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon denticulatus is an annual legume native to western North America, commonly called riverbar bird's-foot trefoil.
Acmispon argyraeus (Greene) Brouillet
Acmispon argyraeus (Greene) Brouillet
Acmispon argyraeus, commonly called canyon bird's-foot trefoil, is a perennial legume native to California and northwest Mexico.
Acmispon cytisoides (Benth.) Brouillet
Acmispon cytisoides (Benth.) Brouillet
Acmispon cytisoides is an endemic central California legume with pink veined flowers, known as Bentham's broom or deerweed.
Acmispon dendroideus (Greene) Brouillet
Acmispon dendroideus (Greene) Brouillet
Acmispon dendroideus, island broom, is an endemic Channel Islands legume that grows on coastal bluffs and cliffs.
Acmispon tomentosus var. glabriusculus (Hook. & Arn.) Govaerts
Acmispon tomentosus var. glabriusculus (Hook. & Arn.) Govaerts
Acmispon tomentosus var. glabriusculus is a botanical variety with hairy succulent leaves, yellow flowers, and may grow as an annual under certain conditions.
Acmispon junceus (Benth.) Brouillet
Acmispon junceus (Benth.) Brouillet
Acmispon junceus is an endemic California legume with yellow flowers, known as rush broom or rush deervetch.
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