Home >> Checklist: Fabaceae (legumes) >> Key: Fabaceae (legumes)
Taxon:
Display as:
Plant
  habit
   herb
   shrub
   tree
   vine
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  misc features
   not succulent
  armature
   unarmed
   armed
  sap
   latex absent (sap clear)
Leaves
  scent
   without marked odor
   clearly odiferous
  type
   simple
   compound
  stipules
   stipules absent
   stipules present
  arrangement
   alternate
   fascicled/clustered along stem
  blade margin
   entire
   toothed
  venation
   pinnately veined
  attachment to stem
   sessile or nearly so
   petiolate
Inflorescence
  plant sexuality
   hermaphrodite (flowers bisexual)
Flower
  stigma number
   1
  corolla symmetry
   regular
   irregular
  perianth
   with distinct calyx and corolla
  calyx fusion
   polysepalous
   synsepalous
  corolla (petal) fusion
   polypetalous
   sympetalous
  stamen fusion
   fused
   distinct
  anther position
   exserted
   inserted
  ovary position
   superior
  ovule placentation
   marginal
Fruit
  consistency at maturity
   dry/leathery
  color at maturity
   black
   brown
   yellow
   red
   green

Fabaceae (legumes)

WIS - To view common names and/or pictures, check the boxes to the right and hit 'Rebuild List'. Uncheck the boxes to rebuild as a checklist of scientific names.
Species Count: 70

Fabaceae
© Wisconsin State Herbarium, UW-Madison
Department of Botany • 430 Lincoln Drive • Madison, WI 53706 • Phone: 608-262-2792
Direct comments to wisconsin.state.herbarium@gmail.com