Legume Family (Fabaceae): Species, Photos & Identification

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1 / 9 🌱 Plantae Western Trailing Ticktrefoil Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) C.L.Hitchc.

2 / 9 🌱 Plantae toothed tick-trefoil Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. ex G.Don Large-bracted tick-trefoil is a legume plant species native to North America.

3 / 9 🌱 Plantae foxtail prairie clover Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock

4 / 9 🌱 Plantae Hedgehog Milkvetch Astragalus echinatus Murray

5 / 9 🌱 Plantae Bitter Vetch Lathyrus linifolius (Reichard) Bässler Lathyrus linifolius is a perennial flowering plant native to Europe and parts of Asia, with edible tubers that are being tested for commerci…

6 / 9 🌱 Plantae breadroot scurf pea Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb. Pediomelum esculentum, the prairie turnip, is an edible Great Plains perennial with historic Native American culinary use.

7 / 9 🌱 Plantae Bladder Vetch Tripodion tetraphyllum (L.) Fourr. Tripodion tetraphyllum, annual kidney vetch, is the only species in the legume genus Tripodion, native to the Mediterranean Basin.

8 / 9 🌱 Plantae Illinois tick-trefoil Desmodium illinoense A.Gray Desmodium illinoense is a threatened perennial herb native to midwestern US prairies with hooked hairs for seed dispersal.

9 / 9 🌱 Plantae Gardenroute Keurboom Virgilia divaricata Adamson

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