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Mimosa,
Albizia julibrissin
Legume pods are flat with bulging seeds, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).
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Littleleaf Sensitive-briar,
Mimosa microphylla
Fruits are conspicuously prickly, quadrangular, dehiscent legumes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Eastern Redbud,
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
Fruit a flat, oblong legume, 3-4" long, stalked, dark brown, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Coffeeweed,
Senna obtusifolia
One to two legumes per node, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Coffeeweed,
Senna obtusifolia
Legume narrowly linear, strongly curved, tetragonal, 1-2dm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Northern Wild Senna,
Senna hebecarpa
Legume 5.5-8mm wide, with broad, nearly square segments, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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Maryland Wild Senna,
Senna marilandica
Legume 8-11mm wide, with narrow segments (much shorter than broad), glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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Common Partridge-pea,
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
Legume oblong, flat, hairy or smooth, at maturity splitting, springing open, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Common Partridge-pea,
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
Dehiscent legumes, smooth to densely hairy, up to 3" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Sensitive Partridge-pea,
Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
Dehiscent legumes, densely short-hairy, up to 2" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Honey Locust,
Gleditsia triacanthos
Fruit a brown legume 6-18" long containing a sticky sugar-rich pulp, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Honey Locust,
Gleditsia triacanthos
Legumes just beginning to emerge.
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Kentucky Coffeetree,
Gymnocladus dioicus
Fruit a brown legume 3-7" long, with large hard rounded seed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Kentucky Yellowwood,
Cladrastis kentukea
Fruit a thin, flattened legume similar to that of redbud, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo,
Baptisia aberrans
Legume thin-walled, brittle and firm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Creamy Wild Indigo,
Baptisia bracteata
Legume's pedicels 14-18 (-30) mm long [vs. B. cinerea pedicels 2-10mm long], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Horsefly Weed,
Baptisia tinctoria
Legume glabrous, subglobose to ovoid, body 7-9mm long, 6-8mm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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a hybrid Wild Indigo,
Baptisia ×serenae
Legume ellipsoid, 1.5-2.3(3)cm long, thin- or thick-walled, tan or black, per Leguminosae (Fabaceae), vol 3, part 2, Vascular flora of the southeastern United States (Isely, 1990).
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Aaron's Rod,
Thermopsis villosa
Legumes closely pressed against the rachis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Ashleaf Golden-banner,
Thermopsis fraxinifolia
Legumes flattened, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Ashleaf Golden-banner,
Thermopsis fraxinifolia
Legumes spreading or at least not strictly erect, on a short stalk, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Coastal Plain Rattlebox,
Crotalaria purshii
Legume glabrous, oblong-cylindric, about 1cm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Showy Rattlebox,
Crotalaria spectabilis
Legume (pod) cylindric with hairlike tip, appearing inflated, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Red Clover,
Trifolium pratense
Legume ovoid-oblong, circumscissile, 1-seeded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Black Medick,
Medicago lupulina
Flowers fall off soon after blooming, revealing curved legumes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Spotted Medick,
Medicago arabica
Legume spirally coiled with a double row of curved spines 2-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Leadplant,
Amorpha herbacea var. herbacea
Legume pustulate-glandular, densely to moderately short-pubescent, 4-6mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Mountain Indigo-bush,
Amorpha glabra
Legume asymmetrically oblong to obovoid, often curved, conspicuously pustulate-glandular, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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False Indigo,
Amorpha fruticosa
Fruit a 1 or 2-seeded, 1/4", curved, glabrous legume, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Pencil-flower,
Stylosanthes biflora
Leaflet tips w a slender nipple or extension, unusual in a legume species, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Naked Tick-trefoil,
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
Legume (loment) straight across one edge and scalloped along the other, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Bicolor Lespedeza,
Lespedeza bicolor
Legume broadly elliptic, 6-8 mm long, tapering to both ends, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bicolor Lespedeza,
Lespedeza bicolor
Lespedeza legumes are one-seeded, indehiscent, and flattened, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Velvety Lespedeza,
Lespedeza stuevei
Calyx lobes shorter than fruit; legumes elliptic to ovate, notably reticulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Wand Lespedeza,
Lespedeza violacea
Legumes strigose, those produced by chasmogamous flowers 5-7mm long, per Leguminosae (Fabaceae), vol 3, part 2, Vascular flora of the southeastern United States (Isely, 1990).
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Sericea Lespedeza,
Lespedeza cuneata
Flat single-seeded legume pod, 3-4mm wide, clasped by persistent sepals, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).
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Hairy Bush-clover,
Lespedeza hirta +
Legume 5-8mm long, shorter than the lobes of the long calyx, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Bladderpod,
Sesbania vesicaria
Legume 2-seeded, firm outer layer separating from inner layer at maturity, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Rattlebush,
Sesbania punicea
Legume conspicuously 4-winged longitudinally, acuminate or tapering to a beak, per Weakley's Flora.
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Chinese Wisteria,
Wisteria sinensis
Legume 10-15cm long and densely velvety pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Siberian Pea Shrub,
Caragana arborescens
Legume 3.5-6cm, glabrous, per Flora of China.
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Virginia Goat's Rue,
Tephrosia virginiana
Densely hairy, dehiscent legumes, 2.5-3" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Spiked Hoary-pea,
Tephrosia spicata
Legume 3-5cm long, 4-6mm broad, sparesly to moderately pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Narrowleaf Vetch,
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra
Legume almost terete, not constricted between the subglobose seeds, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Smooth Vetch,
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
Legume oblong, 2-4cm long, 7-10mm broad, compressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Slender Vetch,
Vicia tetrasperma
Legume symmetrically rounded at the apex, per Weakley's Flora.
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American Groundnut,
Apios americana
Fruit: Many-seeded linear legumes, 2-4" long, about 0.25" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Coral-bean,
Erythrina herbacea
Legume severely constricted between bright red seeds, splitting at maturity, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Climbing Butterfly-pea,
Centrosema virginianum var. virginianum
Legume flattened, 7-14cm, with an elongate, persistent, beak-like style, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Butterfly-pea,
Clitoria mariana var. mariana
Fruit a 1-2.5" legume, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Wild Bean,
Phaseolus polystachios
Legume stipitate, 3-8cm long, 8-10mm broad, somewhat curved, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Annual Sand Bean,
Strophostyles helvola
Legume (3.5)5-10cm long, 5-8mm broad, sparsely appressed-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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American Hog-peanut,
Amphicarpaea bracteata +
Legume from petaliferous flowers is flattened, olong-linear, 1.5-4cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Gray Nicker,
Guilandina bonduc
Legumes spiny, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Field Dodder,
Cuscuta campestris
Commonly parasitic on non-woody legumes (esp Lespedeza) also other herbs, per Key to the Dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and Adjacent States (Spaulding, 2013).