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Home / Family / Fabaceae (Bean Family)

Fabaceae (Bean Family)

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  • Acmispon glaber - "Deerweed"

    Acmispon glaber – “Deerweed”

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  • Acmispon procumbens - "Silky California Broom"

    Acmispon procumbens – “Silky California Broom”

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  • Acmispon rigidus - "Desert Rock Pea"

    Acmispon rigidus – “Desert Rock Pea”

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  • Acmispon strigosus - "Stiff-Haired Lotus"

    Acmispon strigosus – “Stiff-Haired Lotus”

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  • Astragalus lentiginosus - "Specklepod Locoweed"

    Astragalus lentiginosus – “Specklepod Locoweed”

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  • Astragalus purshii var. lectulus - "Pursh's Milkvetch"

    Astragalus purshii var. lectulus – “Pursh’s Milkvetch”

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  • Astragalus sp. - "Locoweed"

    Astragalus sp. – “Locoweed”

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  • Caesalpinia gilliesii - "Desert Bird of Paradise"

    Caesalpinia gilliesii – “Desert Bird of Paradise”

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  • Downy Dalea (Dalea mollissima)

    Dalea mollissima – “Downy Dalea”

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  • Glycyrrhiza lepidota - "Wild Licorice"

    Glycyrrhiza lepidota – “Wild Licorice”

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  • Lupinus excubitus var. excubitus - "Grape Soda Lupine"

    Lupinus excubitus var. excubitus – “Grape Soda Lupine”

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  • Melilotus albus - "White Sweetclover"

    Melilotus albus – “White Sweetclover”

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  • Parkinsonia florida - "Blue Palo Verde"

    Parkinsonia florida – “Blue Palo Verde”

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  • Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa)

    Prosopis glandulosa – “Honey Mesquite”

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  • Mojave Indigobush (Psorothamnus arborescens)

    Psorothamnus arborescens – “Mojave Indigobush”

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  • Smoke Tree (Psorothamnus spinosus)

    Psorothamnus spinosus – “Smoke Tree”

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  • Catsclaw Acacia (Senegalia greggii var. greggii)

    Senegalia greggii – “Catsclaw Acacia”

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