Species Descriptions

NB Flora

Vascular Plants » Dicots » Fabaceae:

Fabaceae

Synonyms:

Leguminosae [HC]

36 genera
185 species
90 subspecies and varieties

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Index to genera:

Acmispon, Alhagi, Amorpha, Astragalus, Caragana, Cicer, Colutea, Cytisus, Dalea, Galega, Genista, Gleditsia, Glycyrrhiza, Hedysarum, Hosackia, Laburnum, Ladeania, Lathyrus, Lotus, Lupinus, Medicago, Melilotus, Onobrychis, Ononis, Oxytropis, Pisum, Pueraria, Robinia, Rupertia, Securigera, Spartium, Sphaerophysa, Thermopsis, Trifolium, Ulex, Vicia

Acmispon americanus
Origin: Native

• var. americanus

Acmispon denticulatus
Origin: Native

Acmispon nevadensis
Origin: Native

• var. nevadensis

Acmispon parviflorus
Origin: Native

Alhagi maurorum
Origin: Introduced

Amorpha fruticosa
Origin: Introduced

Astragalus agrestis
Origin: Native

Astragalus alpinus
Origin: Native

• var. alpinus

Astragalus arrectus
Origin: Native

Astragalus arthurii
Origin: Native

Astragalus asotinensis
Origin: Native

Astragalus australis
Origin: Native

• var. cottonii

Astragalus beckwithii
Origin: Native

• var. weiserensis

Astragalus canadensis
Origin: Native

• var. brevidens

• var. canadensis

• var. mortonii

Astragalus caricinus
Origin: Native

Astragalus cicer
Origin: Introduced from Old World

Astragalus collinus
Origin: Native

• var. collinus

Astragalus columbianus
Origin: Native

Astragalus conjunctus
Origin: Native

• var. rickardii

Astragalus cusickii
Origin: Native

• var. cusickii

Astragalus diaphanus
Origin: Native

Astragalus eucosmus
Origin: Native

Astragalus falcatus
Origin: Introduced

Astragalus filipes
Origin: Native

Astragalus geyeri
Origin: Native

• var. geyeri

Astragalus hoodianus
Origin: Native

Astragalus howellii
Origin: Native

Astragalus inflexus
Origin: Native

Astragalus kentrophyta
Origin: Native

• var. douglasii

Astragalus laxmannii
Origin: Native

• var. robustior

Astragalus leibergii
Origin: Native

Astragalus lentiginosus
Origin: Native

• var. lentiginosus

Astragalus lyallii
Origin: Native

Astragalus microcystis
Origin: Native

Astragalus misellus
Origin: Native

• var. pauper

Astragalus miser
Origin: Native

• var. miser

• var. serotinus

Astragalus pulsiferae
Origin: Native

• var. suksdorfii

Astragalus purshii
Origin: Native

• var. glareosus

• var. purshii

• var. tinctus

Astragalus reventiformis
Origin: Native

Astragalus reventus
Origin: Native

Astragalus riparius
Origin: Native

Astragalus robbinsii
Origin: Native

• var. minor

Astragalus sclerocarpus
Origin: Native

Astragalus sheldonii
Origin: Native

Astragalus sinuatus
Origin: Native

Astragalus spaldingii
Origin: Native

Astragalus speirocarpus
Origin: Native

Astragalus succumbens
Origin: Native

Astragalus tenellus
Origin: Native

Astragalus tweedyi
Origin: Native

Astragalus whitneyi
Origin: Native

• var. sonneanus

Caragana arborescens
Origin: Introduced

Cicer arietinum
Origin: Introduced

Colutea arborescens
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Cytisus multiflorus
Origin: Introduced

Cytisus scoparius
Origin: Introduced

Cytisus striatus
Origin: Introduced

Dalea ornata
Origin: Native

Galega officinalis
Origin: Introduced

Genista canariensis
Origin: Introduced

Genista monspessulana
Origin: Introduced

Genista tinctoria
Origin: Introduced

Gleditsia triacanthos
Origin: Introduced

Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Origin: Native

Hedysarum occidentale
Origin: Native

• var. occidentale

Hedysarum sulphurescens
Origin: Native

Hosackia crassifolia
Origin: Native

• var. crassifolia

Hosackia gracilis
Origin: Native

Hosackia pinnata
Origin: Native

Hosackia rosea
Origin: Native

Laburnum anagyroidis
Origin: Introduced

Ladeania lanceolata
Origin: Native

Lathyrus angulatus
Origin: Introduced

Lathyrus aphaca
Origin: Introduced

Lathyrus holochlorus
Origin: Native

Lathyrus japonicus
Origin: Native

Lathyrus lanszwertii
Origin: Native

• var. aridus

• var. bijugatus

• var. lanszwertii

Lathyrus latifolius
Origin: Introduced

Lathyrus littoralis
Origin: Native

Lathyrus nevadensis
Origin: Native

• var. cusickii

• var. nevadensis

• var. parkeri

Lathyrus ochroleucus
Origin: Native

Lathyrus palustris
Origin: Native

Lathyrus pauciflorus
Origin: Native

• var. pauciflorus

Lathyrus polyphyllus
Origin: Native

Lathyrus pratensis
Origin: Native

Lathyrus sphaericus
Origin: Introduced

Lathyrus sylvestris
Origin: Introduced

Lathyrus torreyi
Origin: Native

Lathyrus tuberosus
Origin: Introduced

Lathyrus vestitus
Origin: Native

• var. ochropetalus

Lotus corniculatus
Origin: Introduced

Lotus tenuis
Origin: Introduced

Lotus uliginosus
Origin: Introduced

Lupinus albicaulis
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington;
Origin: Native

• var. albicaulis

Lupinus arboreus
Origin: Introduced

Lupinus arbustus
Origin: Native

Lupinus argenteus
Origin: Native

• var. argenteus

• var. holosericeus

Lupinus bicolor
Origin: Native

Lupinus latifolius
Origin: Native

• var. latifolius

• var. subalpinus

Lupinus lepidus
Origin: Native

• var. aridus

• var. cusickii

• var. lepidus

• var. lobbii

• var. utahensis

Lupinus leucophyllus
Origin: Native

• var. leucophyllus

• var. tenuispicus

Lupinus littoralis
Origin: Native

• var. littoralis

Lupinus microcarpus
Origin: Native

• var. microcarpus

Lupinus nootkatensis
Origin: Native

Lupinus oreganus
Origin: Native

• var. kincaidii

Lupinus pachylobus
Origin: Native?

Lupinus polyphyllus
Origin: Native

• var. burkei

• var. humicola

• var. pallidipes

• var. polyphyllus

• var. prunophilus

Lupinus pusillus
Origin: Native

• var. intermontanus

Lupinus rivularis
Origin: Native

Lupinus sabinianus
Origin: Native

Lupinus saxosus
Origin: Native

Lupinus sericeus
Origin: Native

• var. asotinensis

• var. sericeus

Lupinus sulphureus
Origin: Native

• var. subsaccatus

• var. sulphureus

Medicago arabica
Origin: Introduced

Medicago lupulina
Origin: Introduced

Medicago minima
Origin: Introduced

Medicago polymorpha
Origin: Introduced

Medicago sativa
Origin: Introduced

• ssp. falcata

• ssp. sativa

• ssp. ×varia

Melilotus albus
Origin: Introduced

Melilotus indicus
Origin: Introduced

Melilotus officinalis
Origin: Introduced

Onobrychis viciifolia
Origin: Introduced

Ononis spinosa
Origin: Introduced

• ssp. maritima

Oxytropis borealis
Origin: Native

• var. viscida

Oxytropis campestris
Origin: Native

• var. columbiana

• var. cusickii

• var. spicata

• var. wanapum

Oxytropis deflexa
Origin: Native

• var. sericea

Pisum sativum
Origin: Introduced

• var. arvense

• var. sativum

Pueraria montana
Origin: Introduced

• var. lobata

Robinia hispida
Origin: Introduced

Robinia pseudoacacia
Origin: Introduced

Rupertia physodes
Origin: Native

Securigera varia
Origin: Introduced

Spartium junceum
Origin: Introduced

Sphaerophysa salsula
Origin: Introduced

Thermopsis montana
Origin: Native

• var. montana

• var. ovata

Trifolium albopurpureum
Origin: Native

Trifolium arvense
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium aureum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium bifidum
Origin: Native

• var. decipiens

Trifolium campestre
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium cernuum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium ciliolatum
Origin: Native

Trifolium cyathiferum
Origin: Native

Trifolium depauperatum
Origin: Native

• var. depauperatum

Trifolium dichotomum
Origin: Native

Trifolium douglasii
Origin: Native

Trifolium dubium
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium eriocephalum
Origin: Native

• var. arcuatum

• var. eriocephalum

Trifolium fragiferum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium fucatum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium glomeratum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium gracilentum
Origin: Native

Trifolium hirtum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium hybridum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium incarnatum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium latifolium
Origin: Native

Trifolium longipes
Origin: Native

• var. longipes

• var. multiovulatum

• var. multipedunculatum

• var. reflexum

Trifolium macrocephalum
Origin: Native

Trifolium microcephalum
Origin: Native

Trifolium microdon
Origin: Native

Trifolium oliganthum
Origin: Native

Trifolium plumosum
Origin: Native

• var. amplifolium

• var. plumosum

Trifolium pratense
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium repens
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium resupinatum
Origin: Native

Trifolium retusum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium striatum
Distribution: Occurring in lowlands west of the Cascades crest in Washington;
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium subterraneum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium suffocatum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium thompsonii
Origin: Native

Trifolium variegatum
Origin: Native

Trifolium vesiculosum
Origin: Introduced

Trifolium willdenovii
Origin: Native

Trifolium wormskioldii
Origin: Native

Ulex europaeus
Origin: Introduced

Vicia americana
Origin: Native

• var. americana

Vicia cracca
Origin: Introduced

Vicia hirsuta
Origin: Introduced

Vicia lathyroides
Origin: Introduced

Vicia lutea
Origin: Introduced

Vicia nigricans
Origin: Native

• var. gigantea

Vicia pannonica
Origin: Introduced

Vicia sativa
Origin: Introduced

• var. angustifolia

• var. sativa

Vicia tetrasperma
Origin: Introduced

Vicia villosa
Origin: Introduced

• var. glabrescens

• var. villosa