Florida's wild plants
Plant Directory
2,965 native and 1,250 introduced plants, with where each one grows — from the Panhandle to the Keys.
Showing 145–192 of 321 plants in Fabaceae
Lentil Vetch
Vicia tetrasperma
Fabaceae
Introduced
Leptospron adenanthum
Fabaceae
Native
Lesser Hop Trefoil
Trifolium dubium
Fabaceae
Introduced
Libidibia punctata
Fabaceae
Introduced
Lima Bean
Phaseolus lunatus
Fabaceae
Native
Little Bur-Clover
Medicago minima
Fabaceae
Introduced
Little-Leaf Tick-Clover
Desmodium ciliare
Fabaceae
Native
Littleleaf Milkpea
Galactia microphylla
Fabaceae
Native
Littleleaf Sensitive-Briar
Mimosa microphylla
Fabaceae
Native
Longbract Wild Indigo
Baptisia bracteata
Fabaceae
Native
Low Rattlebox
Crotalaria pumila
Fabaceae
Native
Lupine Leatherroot
Orbexilum lupinellus
Fabaceae
Macropsychanthus comosus
Fabaceae
Native
Madras Thorn
Pithecellobium dulce
Fabaceae
Native
Maryland Senna
Senna marilandica
Fabaceae
Native
Maryland Tick-Trefoil
Desmodium marilandicum
Fabaceae
Native
Meadow Jointvetch
Aeschynomene pratensis
Fabaceae
Native
Mexican Palo Verde
Parkinsonia aculeata
Fabaceae
Introduced
Mexican Senna
Senna mexicana
Fabaceae
Native
Michaux's Snoutbean
Rhynchosia michauxii
Fabaceae
Mucuna elliptica
Fabaceae
Naked-Flowered Tick-Trefoil
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
Fabaceae
Native
Narrow-Leaved Bush Clover
Lespedeza angustifolia
Fabaceae
Native
Narrowleaf Hoarypea
Tephrosia angustissima
Fabaceae
NativeEndemicImperiled
Narrowpod Sensitive Pea
Chamaecrista lineata
Fabaceae
Native
Necklace Pod
Sophora tomentosa
Fabaceae
Native
Nickernut
Guilandina bonduc
Fabaceae
Native
Ocala Lupine
Lupinus ocalensis
Fabaceae
NativeEndemic
Ocala Vetch
Vicia ocalensis
Fabaceae
NativeEndemicImperiled
Orchid Tree
Bauhinia purpurea
Fabaceae
Introduced
Orchid Tree
Bauhinia variegata
Fabaceae
IntroducedInvasive I
Ox-Eye Bean
Mucuna urens
Fabaceae
Native
Pacara Earpod Tree
Enterolobium contortisiliquum
Fabaceae
Introduced
Panicled Ticktrefoil
Desmodium paniculatum
Fabaceae
Native
Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Fabaceae
Native
Peacock Flower
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Fabaceae
Introduced
Peanut
Arachis hypogaea
Fabaceae
Introduced
Perennial Peanut
Arachis glabrata
Fabaceae
Introduced
Perennial Wooly Bean
Strophostyles umbellata
Fabaceae
Native
Perplexed Tick-Trefoil
Desmodium perplexum
Fabaceae
Native
Persian Silk Tree
Albizia julibrissin
Fabaceae
IntroducedInvasive I
Phasey Bean
Macroptilium lathyroides
Fabaceae
IntroducedInvasive II
Pigeon Pea
Cajanus cajan
Fabaceae
Introduced
Pigeonwings
Clitoria mariana
Fabaceae
Native
Pine Barren Ticktrefoil
Desmodium strictum
Fabaceae
Native
Pineland Butterfly Pea
Centrosema arenicola
Fabaceae
NativeEndemicImperiled
Pineland Hoarypea
Tephrosia mohrii
Fabaceae
Pineland Leather-Root
Orbexilum virgatum
Fabaceae
Imperiled
Sources: verified observations and photos from iNaturalist contributors, descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), and the Florida Invasive Species Council plant list.