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CLASSIFICATION
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LEAVES
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FLOWERS
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FRUIT
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STEM
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ECOLOGY
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CLASSIFICATION
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Genus
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LV: Attachment
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LV: Shape
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LV: Edge
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LV: Apex/Base
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LV: Size/Surface
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FL: Petals/Sepals
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FL: Color
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FL: Arrangement
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FL: Size/Season
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FL: Stamen/Pistil/Ovary
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FR: Type
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FR: Color
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FR: Size/Season
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ST: Type/Size/Growth
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ST: Surface/Color
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ST: Buds/Roots
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EC: Edible
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EC: Habitat
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EC: Observations
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Other Names
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Leguminosae/Faboideae: LV: alternate, u. pinnately or palmately compound, u. entire, stipule, pulvinus; FL: 5 petals u. irregular (banner, wings, keel), style long arching, ovary superior; FR: u. legume; BU: ST: root nodules; EC:
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Alternate, Stipules, pulvinus |
u. pinnately or palmately compound |
u. entire |
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P: 5, u. irregular (banner, wings, keel) |
White; Yellow; Red; Pink; Blue; Violet; Green; Brown |
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P: style long arching; O: superior |
u. Legume (simple pistil, 2 sutures) |
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R: nodules |
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Leguminosae/Faboideae: LV: alternate, u. pinnately or palmately compound, u. entire, stipule, pulvinus; FL: 5 petals u. irregular (banner, wings, keel), style long arching, ovary superior; FR: u. legume; BU: ST: root nodules; EC:
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| Hog peanut |
Amphicarpaea bracteata |
Amphicarpaea |
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Palmate (3Pal), Deltoid |
Entire |
A: Acute; B: Truncate |
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Irregular |
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Herbaceous, Vine |
Tendrils |
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Forest |
Hopkins Forest |
Hog peanut |
Amphicarpaea bracteata |
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| Groundnut |
Apios americana |
Apios |
Alternate |
Pinnate, Ovate |
Entire |
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Irregular |
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Raceme, Axillary |
<1" |
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Vine |
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Fruit raw; Root raw |
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Groundnut |
Apios americana |
Wild bean |
| Crescent milkvetch |
Astragalus amphioxys |
Astragalus |
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Pinnate |
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tomentose |
irregular, salverform |
blue, violet |
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Mar-Jun |
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<1' |
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Grand Gulch, UT |
Crescent milkvetch |
Astragalus amphioxys |
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| Freckled milkvetch |
Astragalus lentiginosus |
Astragalus |
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pinnate (11-19 leaflets) |
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purple |
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May-July |
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Legume inflated bladder-like, beaked |
yellow |
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herb, <1' |
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Abiquiu, NM |
Freckled milkvetch |
Astragalus lentiginosus |
spotted locoweed |
| Wild indigo |
Baptisia tinctoria |
Baptisia |
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Wild indigo |
Baptisia tinctoria |
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| Samota |
Coursetia glandulosa |
Coursetia |
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Pinnate |
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Irregular |
White with yellow keel |
Raceme |
Winter |
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Legume |
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Shrub, >6' |
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Coronado NF AZ |
Samota |
Coursetia glandulosa |
coursetia |
| Scotch broom |
Cytisus scoparius |
Cytisus |
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Linear |
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<1" |
Irregular |
Yellow |
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Shrub |
Green |
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Roadside; Grasslands/Fields |
Cape Cod |
Scotch broom |
Cytisus scoparius |
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| Feather dalea |
Dalea formosa |
Dalea |
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P: Irregular, Plumose |
Red/Pink/Orange |
Head-globose, Terminal |
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Shrub |
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Saguaro NP AZ |
Feather dalea |
Dalea formosa |
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| Smoketree |
Dalea spinosa |
Dalea |
u. leafless |
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blue, purple |
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shrub |
light gray, 1-2" thorns |
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near Coronado NF AZ |
Smoketree |
Dalea spinosa |
smokethorn, corona de Cristo, indigo bush |
| Showy tick-trefoil |
Desmodium canadense |
Desmodium |
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Irregular |
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Showy tick-trefoil |
Desmodium canadense |
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| Pointed-leaf tick-trefoil |
Desmodium glutinosum |
Desmodium |
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Pointed-leaf tick-trefoil |
Desmodium glutinosum |
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| Naked tick-trefoil |
Desmodium nudiflorum |
Desmodium |
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Forest |
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Naked tick-trefoil |
Desmodium nudiflorum |
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Genus
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LV: Attachment
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LV: Shape
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LV: Edge
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LV: Apex/Base
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LV: Size/Surface
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FL: Petals/Sepals
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FL: Color
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FL: Arrangement
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FL: Size/Season
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FL: Stamen/Pistil/Ovary
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FR: Type
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FR: Color
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FR: Size/Season
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ST: Type/Size/Growth
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ST: Surface/Color
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ST: Buds/Roots
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EC: Edible
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EC: Habitat
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EC: Observations
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Other Names
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| Beach pea |
Lathyrus japonicus |
Lathyrus |
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Irregular |
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Fruit raw |
Coastal |
Cape Cod |
Beach pea |
Lathyrus japonicus |
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| Bush clover |
Lespedeza capitata |
Lespedeza |
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Bush clover |
Lespedeza capitata |
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| Bush clover |
Lespedeza hirta |
Lespedeza |
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Roadside |
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Bush clover |
Lespedeza hirta |
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| Bush clover |
Lespedeza intermedia |
Lespedeza |
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Forest |
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Bush clover |
Lespedeza intermedia |
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| Birdfoot trefoil |
Lotus corniculatus |
Lotus |
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Irregular |
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Roadside |
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Birdfoot trefoil |
Lotus corniculatus |
Bastard indigo |
| Miniature lupine |
Lupinus bicolor |
Lupinus |
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Midpines CA |
Miniature lupine |
Lupinus bicolor |
Lindley's annual lupine, pigmy-leaved lupine, bicolor lupine |
| Wild lupine |
Lupinus perennis |
Lupinus |
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Irregular |
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Wild lupine |
Lupinus perennis |
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| Desert lupine |
Lupinus sparsiflorus |
Lupinus |
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Palmate, 5-9 leaflets, Linear leaflets |
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leaflets up to 1 1/2" long |
P: Irregular, 5 parts (banner, wings, keel), upper lip deeply lobed |
Blue, Violet w/ yellow spot |
Raceme |
<1", January-May |
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Legume, flattened pod, 4–5 seeds |
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up to 1 1/2" |
Herb |
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Desert, below 3,000' |
Phoenix, AZ: Sonoran Desert Reserve |
Desert lupine |
Lupinus sparsiflorus |
Coulter's lupine |
| Black medick |
Medicago lupulina |
Medicago |
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Waste places; Roadside |
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Black medick |
Medicago lupulina |
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| Alfalfa |
Medicago sativa |
Medicago |
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Grassland/Fields; Roadside |
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Alfalfa |
Medicago sativa |
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| White sweet clover |
Melilotus alba |
Melilotus |
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Irregular |
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Roadside |
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White sweet clover |
Melilotus alba |
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Genus
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LV: Attachment
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LV: Shape
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LV: Edge
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LV: Apex/Base
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LV: Size/Surface
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FL: Petals/Sepals
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FL: Color
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FL: Arrangement
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FL: Size/Season
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FL: Stamen/Pistil/Ovary
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FR: Type
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FR: Color
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FR: Size/Season
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ST: Type/Size/Growth
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ST: Surface/Color
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ST: Buds/Roots
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EC: Edible
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EC: Habitat
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EC: Observations
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Other Names
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| Yellow sweet clover |
Melilotus officinalis |
Melilotus |
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Irregular |
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Waste places |
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Yellow sweet clover |
Melilotus officinalis |
yellow melilot, ribbed melilot, common melilot |
| Ironwood |
Olneya tesota |
Olneya |
Evergreen |
Pinnate (5-9 leaflets 3/4" long, one terminal leaflet), leaflets oblong |
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up to 2" long; Blue-green |
Irregular, pea-like (banner, wings, keel) |
Pink, Lavender, White |
Raceme, Axillary |
May-Jun |
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Legume, 1-3 seeds |
Brown, tomentose |
up to 2 1/2", Summer |
Tree, up to 30', up to 18" diameter |
Thorn 1/2" long, 2/leaf node; Gray, smooth new growth; fissured, dark gray with age |
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Fruit raw, cooked |
Desert, Riparian |
Phoenix, AZ: Spur Cross Ranch |
Ironwood |
Olneya tesota |
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| Bristly locust |
Robinia hispida |
Robinia |
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Coastal |
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Bristly locust |
Robinia hispida |
Rose acacia |
| New-mexican locust |
Robinia neomexicana |
Robinia |
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pinnate (7-15) |
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4-6" |
Irregular |
blue/violet |
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legume |
brown |
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2 thorns at leaf base |
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AZ - Grand Canyon |
New-mexican locust |
Robinia neomexicana |
New Mexico locust, Southwest locust, Desert locust, Pink locust, rose locust |
| Black locust |
Robinia pseudoacacia |
Robinia |
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Irregular |
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Tree |
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Poisonous |
Forest |
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Black locust |
Robinia pseudoacacia |
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| Clammy locust |
Robinia viscosa |
Robinia |
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Clammy locust |
Robinia viscosa |
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| Yellow clover |
Trifolium agrarium |
Trifolium |
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Roadside; Waste places; Grasslands/Fields |
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Yellow clover |
Trifolium agrarium |
Hop clover |
| Rabbit's-foot clover |
Trifolium arvense |
Trifolium |
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Waste places; Roadside; Grasslands/Fields |
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Rabbit's-foot clover |
Trifolium arvense |
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| Hop-clover |
Trifolium aureum |
Trifolium |
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Waste places |
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Hop-clover |
Trifolium aureum |
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| Low hop-clover |
Trifolium campestre |
Trifolium |
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Low hop-clover |
Trifolium campestre |
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Genus
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LV: Attachment
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LV: Shape
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LV: Edge
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LV: Apex/Base
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LV: Size/Surface
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FL: Petals/Sepals
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FL: Color
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FL: Arrangement
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FL: Size/Season
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FL: Stamen/Pistil/Ovary
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FR: Type
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FR: Color
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FR: Size/Season
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ST: Type/Size/Growth
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ST: Surface/Color
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ST: Buds/Roots
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EC: Edible
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EC: Habitat
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EC: Observations
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Other Names
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| Least hop clover |
Trifolium dubium |
Trifolium |
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Palmate (3Pal), Ovate |
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Irregular |
White |
Head-globose, Terminal |
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Herbaceous |
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Leaf raw; Flower raw; Stem raw |
Roadside; Waste places |
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Least hop clover |
Trifolium dubium |
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| Alsike clover |
Trifolium hybridum |
Trifolium |
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Palmate (3Pal), Ovate |
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Irregular |
White |
Head-globose, Terminal |
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Herbaceous |
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Leaf raw; Flower raw; Stem raw |
Roadside; Grasslands/Fields |
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Alsike clover |
Trifolium hybridum |
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| Red clover |
Trifolium pratense |
Trifolium |
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Palmate (3Pal), Ovate |
Entire |
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Irregular |
Red/Pink/Orange |
Head-globose, Terminal |
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Herbaceous |
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Leaf raw; Flower raw; Stem raw |
Roadside; Grasslands/Fields |
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Red clover |
Trifolium pratense |
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| Low hop clover |
Trifolium procumbens |
Trifolium |
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Roadside; Waste places |
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Low hop clover |
Trifolium procumbens |
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| White clover |
Trifolium repens |
Trifolium |
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Palmate (3Pal), Ovate |
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Irregular |
White |
Head-globose, Terminal |
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Herbaceous |
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Leaf raw; Flower raw; Stem raw |
Roadside; Grasslands/Fields |
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White clover |
Trifolium repens |
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| American vetch |
Vicia americana |
Vicia |
tendril |
pinnate |
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irregular |
blue/violet |
axillary |
1/2"-1", May-Jul |
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legume |
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3/4" |
herb, 1-4" |
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NM; Uncompahgre NF |
American vetch |
Vicia americana |
purple vetch, mat vetch |
| Cow vetch |
Vicia cracca |
Vicia |
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Irregular |
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Grassland/Fields |
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Cow vetch |
Vicia cracca |
Bitter vetch |
| Wisteria |
Wisteria frutescens |
Wisteria |
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pinnate |
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irregular |
blue/violet |
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legume |
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vine |
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Cape Cod |
Wisteria |
Wisteria frutescens |
American wisteria |
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Genus
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LV: Attachment
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LV: Shape
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LV: Edge
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LV: Apex/Base
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LV: Size/Surface
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FL: Petals/Sepals
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FL: Color
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FL: Arrangement
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FL: Size/Season
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FL: Stamen/Pistil/Ovary
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FR: Type
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FR: Color
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FR: Size/Season
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ST: Type/Size/Growth
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ST: Surface/Color
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ST: Buds/Roots
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EC: Edible
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EC: Habitat
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EC: Observations
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Common Name (Image)
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Scientific Name (Notes)
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Other Names
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CLASSIFICATION
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LEAVES
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FLOWERS
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FRUIT
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STEM
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ECOLOGY
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CLASSIFICATION
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