Kinds of Wildflowers |
Kay Yatskievych and Shirley Flavin
Missouri Botanical Garden
Nancy Lowe, Becka Walcott, Sharon Ballew and John Pickering
University of Georgia, Athens
Scientific name -- Other names |
Fabaceae -- Beans |
Abrus precatorius L. -- Rosarypea; Abrus abrus (L) W Wight |
Aeschynomene americana L. -- Shyleaf |
Aeschynomene indica L. -- Indian Jointvetch |
Aeschynomene rudis . Benth -- Zigzag Jointvetch |
Aeschynomene viscidula . Michx -- Sticky Jointvetch; Secula viscidula (Michx) Small |
Alysicarpus vaginalis (L. ) Dc. -- White Moneywort |
Amorpha canescens Pursh -- Leadplant |
Amorpha fruticosa L. -- Desert false indigo |
Amorpha georgiana Wilbur -- Georgia False Indigo |
Amorpha glabra . Desf, ex Poir. -- Mountain False Indigo |
Amorpha herbacea Walter -- Clusterspike False Indigo |
Amorpha nitens . Boynt -- Shining False Indigo |
Amorpha schwerinii C. K. Schneid. -- Schwerins False Indigo |
Amphicarpaea bracteata (L. ) Fernald -- American hogpeanut; Amphicarpa bracteata |
Apios americana Medik. -- Groundnut |
Arachis hagenbeckii Harms -- Rhizoma Peanut |
Arachis hypogaea L. -- Peanut |
Astragalus allochrous A. Gray -- Halfmoon milkvetch; Astragalus wootonii |
Astragalus bolanderi A. Gray -- Bolanders milkvetch |
Astragalus canadensis L. -- Canadian milkvetch |
Astragalus cicer L. -- Chickpea milkvetch |
Astragalus douglasii (Torr. &. A. Gray) A. Gray -- Douglass milkvetch |
Astragalus gambelianus Sheldon -- Gambels dwarf milkvetch |
Astragalus glycyphyllos L. -- Licorice milkvetch |
Astragalus guatemalensis Hemsl. |
Astragalus lentiginosus Douglas, ex Hook. -- Freckled milkvetch |
Astragalus michauxii (Kuntze) F. J. Herm. -- Sandhills Milkvetch; Tium michauxii (Kuntze) Rydb |
Astragalus mollissimus Torr. -- Woolly locoweed |
Astragalus neglectus (Torr. &. A. Gray) Sheldon -- Coopers milkvetch |
Astragalus nuttallianus DC. -- Smallflowered milkvetch; Astragalus micranthus |
Astragalus purshii Douglas, ex Hook. -- Woollypod milkvetch |
Astragalus tennesseensis A. Gray ex Chapm. -- Tennessee milkvetch |
Astragalus villosus . Michx -- Bearded Milkvetch; Phaca intonsa (Sheldon) Rydb ex Small |
Astragalus whitneyi A. Gray -- Balloonpod milkvetch |
Baptisia alba (L. ) Vent. -- White wild indigo |
Baptisia albescens Small -- Spiked Wild Indigo |
Baptisia arachnifera Duncan -- Cobwebby Wild Indigo |
Baptisia australis (L. ) R. Br. -- Blue wild indigo |
Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Elliot -- Longbract wild indigo |
Baptisia cinerea (Raf. ) Fernald & B. G. Schub. -- Grayhairy Wild Indigo; Baptisia villosa auct non (Walter) Nutt |
Baptisia lanceolata (Walter) Elliot -- Gopherweed |
Baptisia lecontei . & A. G. Torr, ray -- Pineland Wild Indigo |
Baptisia megacarpa . Chapm, ex Torr. & A. Gray -- Apalachicola Wild Indigo; Baptisia riparia Larisey |
Baptisia perfoliata (L. ) R. Br. -- Catbells |
Baptisia tinctoria (L. ) R. Br. -- Horseflyweed |
Canavalia ensiformis (L. ) Dc. -- Wonderbean |
Centrosema virginianum (L. ) Benth. -- Spurred butterfly pea |
Chamaecrista deeringiana Small & Pennell -- Florida Keys Sensitive Pea; Cassia deeringiana (Small & Pennell) JF Macbr |
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx. ) Greene -- Partridge pea; Partridge-pea; Cassia fasciculata |
Chamaecrista nictitans (L. ) Moench -- Sensitive partridge pea; Sensitive-plant |
Clitoria mariana L. -- Atlantic Pigeonwings; Maryland Butterfly-pea; Butterfly Pea |
Clitoria ternatea L. -- Asian Pigeonwings |
Coronilla varia L. -- Crownvetch; Common Securigera varia |
Crotalaria lanceolata E. Mey. -- Lanceleaf Rattlebox |
Crotalaria ochroleuca G. Don -- Slender Leaf Rattlebox |
Crotalaria pallida Aiton -- Smooth Rattlebox; Crotalaria brownei Bertero ex Dc |
Crotalaria purshii . Dc -- Purshs Rattlebox |
Crotalaria retusa L. -- Rattleweed |
Crotalaria rotundifolia Walter, ex J. F. Gmel. -- Rabbitbells; Crotalaria angulata auct non Mill; Crotalaria linaria Small; Crotalaria maritima Chapm |
Crotalaria sagittalis L. -- Arrowhead rattlebox |
Crotalaria spectabilis Roth -- Showy Rattlebox; Crotalaria retzii Hitchc; Crotalaria sericea Retz, nom illeg |
Dalea candida Michx. ex Willd. -- White prairie clover; White prairie-clover; White dalea; Petalostemon candidum |
Dalea carnea (Michx. ) Poir. -- Whitetassels |
Dalea feayi (Chapm. ) Barneby -- Feays Prairie Clover; Petalostemon feayi Chapm |
Dalea gattingeri (A. Heller) Barneby -- Purpletassels; Petalostemon gattingeri (A Heller) A Heller |
Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock -- Foxtail prairie clover |
Dalea pinnata (J. F. Gmel. ) Barneby -- Summer Farewell |
Dalea purpurea Vent. -- Purple prairie clover; Purple prairie-clover; Petalostemon purpureus |
Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx. ) MacMill. ex B. L. Rob. & Fernald -- Illinois bundleflower; Prairie mimosa |
Desmodium canadense (L. ) DC. -- Showy Ticktrefoil |
Desmodium canescens (L. ) DC. -- Hoary ticktrefoil |
Desmodium ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd. ) DC. -- Hairy small-leaf ticktrefoil; Hairy small-leaved tick-trefoil |
Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhl. ex Willd. ) DC. ex D. Don -- Largebract ticktrefoil; Large-bracted tick-trefoil |
Desmodium fernaldii B. G. Schub. -- Fernalds Ticktrefoil; Desmodium rhombifolium auct non (Elliot) Dc; Meibomia rhombifolia sensu Vail |
Desmodium floridanum . Chapm -- Florida Ticktrefoil; Meibomia floridana (Chapm) Kuntze; Meibomia rhombifolia Vail pp |
Desmodium glabellum (Michx. ) DC. -- Dillenius ticktrefoil |
Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd. ) Alph. Wood -- Pointedleaf ticktrefoil; Hylodesmum glutinosum |
Desmodium illinoense A. Gray -- Illinois ticktrefoil |
Desmodium incanum . Dc -- Zarzabacoa Comun |
Desmodium laevigatum (Nutt. ) DC. -- Smooth ticktrefoil |
Desmodium lineatum . Dc -- Sand ticktrefoil |
Desmodium marilandicum (L. ) DC. -- Smooth small-leaf ticktrefoil |
Desmodium nudiflorum (L. ) DC. -- Nakedflower Ticktrefoil; Naked Tick-trefoil; Bare-stemmed Tick-treefoil; Hylodesmum nudiflorum |
Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl. ) B. G. Schub. -- Nuttalls ticktrefoil |
Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd. ) DC. -- Stiff ticktrefoil |
Desmodium ochroleucum M. A. Curtis ex Canby -- Cream Ticktrefoil; Meibomia ochroleuca (MA Curtis ex Canby) Kuntze |
Desmodium paniculatum (L. ) DC. -- Panicledleaf ticktrefoil; Panicled tick-trefoil |
Desmodium pauciflorum (Nutt. ) DC. -- Fewflower ticktrefoil |
Desmodium perplexum B. G. Schub. -- Perplexed ticktrefoil |
Desmodium rotundifolium DC. -- Prostrate Ticktrefoil; Roundleaf Tick-trefoil |
Desmodium sessilifolium (Torr. ) Torr. & A. Gray -- Sessileleaf ticktrefoil |
Desmodium strictum (Pursh Dc. -- Pine barren ticktrefoil |
Desmodium tenuifolium . & A. G. Torr, ray -- Slimleaf Ticktrefoil; Meibomia tenuifolia (Torr & A Gray) Kuntze |
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw. Dc. -- Dixie ticktrefoil |
Desmodium viridiflorum (L. ) DC. -- Velvetleaf ticktrefoil |
Dioclea multiflora (Torr. & A. Gray) C. Mohr -- Boykins Clusterpea; Galactia mohlenbrockii RH Maxwell |
Galactia elliottii . Nutt -- Elliotts Milkpea |
Galactia erecta (Walter) Vail -- Erect Milkpea; Galactia brachypoda Torr & A Gray |
Galactia floridana . & A. G. Torr, ray -- Florida Milkpea; Galactia brevipes Small; Galactia fasciculata Vail |
Galactia microphylla (Chapm. ) H. J. Rogers -- Littleleaf Milkpea; Galactia minor Duncan |
Galactia mollis . Michx -- Soft Milkpea |
Galactia volubilis (L. ) Britton -- Downy milkpea |
Glycine max (L. ) Merr. -- Soybean |
Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh -- American licorice |
Indigofera caroliniana . Mill -- Carolina Indigo |
Indigofera hirsuta L. -- Roughhairy Indigo |
Indigofera miniata Ortega -- Coastal Indigo; Indigofera leptosepala Nutt ex Torr & A Gray; Indigofera argutidens |
Indigofera suffruticosa . Mill -- Anil De Pasto |
Kummerowia stipulacea (Maxim. ) Makino -- Korean clover; Lespedeza stipulacea |
Kummerowia striata (Thunb. ) Schindl. -- Japanese clover; Lespedeza striata |
Lablab purpureus (L. ) Sweet -- Hyacinthbean |
Lathyrus japonicus Willd. -- Beach pea |
Lathyrus jepsonii Greene -- Delta tule pea |
Lathyrus latifolius L. -- Perennial pea |
Lathyrus ochroleucus Hook. -- Cream pea |
Lathyrus palustris L. -- Marsh pea |
Lathyrus pratensis L. -- Meadow pea |
Lathyrus tuberosus L. -- Tuberous sweetpea |
Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd. -- Veiny pea |
Lathyrus vestitus authority>Nutt. -- Pacific pea |
Lens culinaris Medik. -- Lentil |
Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh Elliot -- Narrowleaf lespedeza |
Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. -- Shrub Lespedeza; Bicolor Lespedeza |
Lespedeza capitata Michx. -- Roundhead lespedeza; Round-headed bushclover |
Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours. ) G. Don -- Sericea Lespedeza; Chinese Bushclover; Silky Bushclover |
Lespedeza formosa (Vogel) Koehne -- Oriental lespedeza |
Lespedeza frutescens (L. ) Hornem. -- Shrubby lespedeza; Hairy bushclover |
Lespedeza hirta (L. ) Hornem. -- Hairy lespedeza; Hairy bushclover |
Lespedeza procumbens Michx. -- Trailing Lespedeza; Downy Trailing Lespedeza; Trailing Bushclover |
Lespedeza repens (L. ) W. Bartram -- Creeping lespedeza; Creeping bushclover |
Lespedeza stuevei Nutt. -- Tall lespedeza; Tall bushclover |
Lespedeza thunbergii (DC. ) Nakai -- Thunbergs lespedeza |
Lespedeza violacea (L. ) Pers. -- Violet lespedeza; Violet bushclover; Lespedeza intermedia |
Lespedeza virginica (L. ) Britton -- Slender lespedeza; Slender bushclover |
Lotus corniculatus L. -- Birds-foot trefoil |
Lotus grandiflorus (Benth. ) Greene -- Chaparral birds-foot trefoil |
Lotus humistratus Greene -- Foothill deervetch |
Lotus micranthus Benth. -- Desert deervetch |
Lotus oblongifolius (Benth. ) Greene -- Streambank birds-foot trefoil |
Lotus scoparius (Nutt. ) Ottley -- Common deerweed |
Lotus strigosus (Nutt. ) Greene -- Strigose birds-foot trefoil |
Lotus unifoliolatus (Hook. ) Benth. -- American birds-foot trefoil; Lotus purshianus |
Lotus wrangelianus Fisch. & C. A. Mey. -- Chilean birds-foot trefoil |
Lupinus affinis J. Agardh -- Fleshy lupine |
Lupinus albicaulis Douglas -- Sicklekeel lupine |
Lupinus arboreus Sims -- Yellow bush lupine |
Lupinus arbustus Douglas, ex Lindl. -- Longspur lupine |
Lupinus argenteus Pursh -- Silvery lupine |
Lupinus bicolor Lindl. -- Miniature lupine |
Lupinus breweri A. Gray -- Brewers lupine |
Lupinus concinnus J. Agardh -- Bajada lupine |
Lupinus densiflorus Benth. -- Whitewhorl lupine |
Lupinus diffusus . Nutt -- Oak Ridge Lupine |
Lupinus formosus Greene -- Summer lupine |
Lupinus hirsutissimus Benth. -- Stinging annual lupine |
Lupinus latifolius . Lindl, ex J. Agardh -- Broadleaf lupine |
Lupinus luteolus Kellogg -- Pale yellow lupine |
Lupinus nanus Douglas, ex Benth. -- Sky lupine |
Lupinus perennis L. -- Sundial lupine |
Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl. -- Bigleaf lupine |
Lupinus sellulus |
Lupinus subvexus C. P. Sm. -- Valley lupine |
Lupinus succulentus Douglas, ex K. Koch -- Hollowleaf annual lupine |
Lupinus truncatus . Nutt, ex Hook. &. Arn. -- Collared annual lupine |
Lupinus villosus . Willd -- Lady Lupine |
Macroptilium lathyroides (L. ) Urb. -- Wild Bushbean |
Medicago arabica (L. ) Huds. -- Spotted medick |
Medicago lupulina L. -- Black medick |
Medicago orbicularis (L. ) Bartal. -- Blackdisk Medick |
Medicago polymorpha L. -- Burclover |
Medicago sativa L. -- Alfalfa |
Melilotus altissimus Thuill. -- Tall yellow sweetclover |
Melilotus indicus (L. ) All. -- Annual yellow sweetclover |
Melilotus officinalis (L. ) Lam. -- Yellow sweetclover; Melilotus alba; Melilotus alba Medikus, orth var; Melilotus albus Medik; Melilotus arvensis Wallr; Melilotus leucanthus WDJ Koch ex Dc; Melilotus lutea Gueldenst |
Mimosa quadrivalvis L. -- Fourvalve Mimosa |
Orbexilum lupinellum (Michx. ) Isely -- Piedmont Leather-root; Psoralea lupinella Michx; Rhytidomene lupinellus (Michx) Rydb |
Orbexilum onobrychis (Nutt. ) Rydb. -- French-grass |
Orbexilum pedunculatum (Mill. ) Rydb. -- Sampsons snakeroot |
Orbexilum virgatum (Nutt. ) Rydb. -- Pineland Leather-root; Psoralea virgata Nutt |
Pediomelum canescens (Michx. ) Rydb. -- Buckroot; Psoralea canescens Michx |
Pediomelum subacaule (Torr. & A. Gray) Rydb. -- Whiterim Scurfpea; Psoralea subacaulis Torr & A Gray |
Phaseolus polystachios (L. ) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. -- Thicket bean |
Pisum sativum L. -- Garden pea |
Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb. -- Slimflower Scurfpea; Scurfy Pea |
Rhynchosia difformis (Elliot) Dc. -- Doubleform Snoutbean; Arcyphyllum difforme Elliot; Dolicholus tomentosus (L) Vail |
Rhynchosia michauxii Vail -- Michauxs Snoutbean; Dolicholus michauxii (Vail) Vail |
Rhynchosia minima (L. ) Dc. -- Least Snoutbean; Dolicholus minimus (L) Medik; Dolichos minimus L |
Rhynchosia reniformis . Dc -- Dollarleaf; Dolicholus simplicifolius (Walter) Vail; Glycine reniformis Pursh, nom illeg; Rhynchosia simplicifolius (Walter) Alph Wood, non (Kunth) Dc |
Rupertia physodes (Douglas ex Hook. ) J. Grimes -- Forest scurfpea |
Senna corymbosa (Lam. ) Irwin & Barneby -- Argentine Senna; Adipera corymbosa (Lam) Britton & Rose; Cassia bonariensis Colla; Cassia corymbosa Lam |
Senna hebecarpa (Fernald) Irwin & Barneby -- American senna |
Senna marilandica (L. ) Link -- Maryland senna |
Senna obtusifolia (L. ) Irwin & Barneby -- Java-bean |
Senna occidentalis (L. ) Link -- Septicweed |
Sesbania drummondii (Rydb. ) Cory -- Poisonbean; Daubentonia drummondii Rydb |
Sesbania herbacea (Mill. ) McVaugh -- Bigpod Sesbania; Darwinia exaltata Raf; Sesban exaltatus (Raf) Rydb; Sesbania exaltata (Raf) Rydb ex AW Hill; Sesbania macrocarpa Muhl ex Raf |
Sesbania vesicaria (Jacq. ) Elliot -- Bagpod; Glottidium vesicarium (Jacq) Harper; Sesbania platycarpa Pers |
Strophostyles helvola (L. ) Elliott -- Amberique-bean; Trailing wild bean; Strophostyles helvula |
Strophostyles leiosperma (Torr. & A. Gray) Piper -- Slickseed fuzzybean |
Strophostyles umbellata (Muhl. ex Willd. ) Britton -- Pink fuzzybean |
Stylosanthes biflora (L. ) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. -- Sidebeak pencilflower |
Tephrosia chrysophylla Pursh -- Scurf Hoarypea; Cracca carpenteri Rydb; Cracca chapmanii (Vail) Small; Cracca chrysophylla (Pursh) Kuntze; Tephrosia carpenteri (Rydb) Killip |
Tephrosia florida (F. G. Dietr. ) C. E. Wood -- Florida Hoarypea; Cracca ambigua (MA Curtis) Kuntze; Cracca gracillima (BL Rob) A Heller; Galega florida FG Dietr; Tephrosia ambigua (MA Curtis) Kuntze |
Tephrosia hispidula (Michx. ) Pers. -- Sprawling Hoarypea; Cracca hispidula (Michx) Kuntze; Tephrosia elegans Nutt |
Tephrosia mohrii (Rydb. ) Godfrey -- Pineland Hoarypea; Cracca mohrii Rydb |
Tephrosia spicata (Walter Torr. &. A. Gray -- Spiked hoarypea |
Tephrosia virginiana (L. ) Pers. -- Virginia tephrosia |
Thermopsis fraxinifolia . Nutt, ex M. A. Curtis -- Ashleaf Goldenbanner |
Thermopsis macrophylla Hook. & Arn. -- Santa Inez goldenbanner |
Thermopsis mollis (Michx. ) M. A. Curtis ex A. Gray -- Allegheny Mountain Goldenbanner; Thermopsis hugeri (Small) Small |
Thermopsis villosa (Walter) Fernald & B. G. Schub. -- Aarons rod |
Trifolium albopurpureum Torr. & A. Gray -- Rancheria clover |
Trifolium amabile Kunth -- Aztec clover; Trifolium goniocarpum; Trifolium mexicanum |
Trifolium arvense L. -- Rabbitfoot clover |
Trifolium aureum Pollich -- Golden clover |
Trifolium barbigerum Torr. -- Bearded clover |
Trifolium bifidum A. Gray -- Notchleaf clover |
Trifolium campestre Schreb. -- Field clover |
Trifolium carolinianum . Michx -- Carolina clover |
Trifolium ciliolatum Benth. -- Foothill clover |
Trifolium cyathiferum Lindl. -- Cup clover |
Trifolium dubium Sibth. -- Suckling clover |
Trifolium fragiferum L. -- Strawberry Clover |
Trifolium fucatum Lindl. -- Bull clover |
Trifolium glomeratum L. -- Clustered clover |
Trifolium gracilentum Torr. & A. Gray -- Pinpoint clover |
Trifolium hirtum . All -- Rose clover |
Trifolium hybridum L. -- Alsike clover |
Trifolium incarnatum L. -- Crimson clover |
Trifolium kingii S. Watson -- Kings clover |
Trifolium longipes authority>Nutt. -- Longstalk clover |
Trifolium microcephalum Pursh -- Smallhead clover |
Trifolium microdon Hook. & Arn. -- Thimble clover |
Trifolium monanthum A. Gray -- Mountain carpet clover |
Trifolium nigrescens . Viv -- Small White Clover |
Trifolium obtusiflorum . Hook, f. -- Clammy clover |
Trifolium oliganthum . Steud -- Fewflower clover |
Trifolium pratense L. -- Red clover |
Trifolium productum Greene -- Shasta clover |
Trifolium reflexum L. -- Buffalo clover |
Trifolium repens L. -- White clover |
Trifolium resupinatum L. -- Reversed clover |
Trifolium stoloniferum Muhl. ex Eaton -- Running Buffalo Clover |
Trifolium striatum L. -- Knotted Clover |
Trifolium subterraneum L. -- Subterranean clover |
Trifolium variegatum authority>Nutt. -- Whitetip clover |
Trifolium vesiculosum Savi -- Arrowleaf Clover |
Trifolium willdenovii . Spreng -- Tomcat clover |
Trifolium wormskioldii . Lehm -- Cows clover |
Vicia acutifolia Elliot -- Fourleaf Vetch |
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. -- American vetch |
Vicia articulata . Hornem -- Oneflower Vetch |
Vicia caroliniana Walter -- Carolina Vetch; Wood Vetch |
Vicia cracca L. -- Bird vetch |
Vicia floridana S. Watson -- Florida Vetch |
Vicia grandiflora Scop. -- Large yellow vetch |
Vicia hassei S. Watson -- Hasses vetch |
Vicia lathyroides L. -- Spring Vetch |
Vicia ludoviciana authority>Nutt. -- Louisiana vetch |
Vicia minutiflora F. G. Dietr. -- Pygmyflower Vetch; Vicia micrantha Nutt ex Torr & A Gray; Vicia reverchonii S Watson |
Vicia pannonica Crantz -- Hungarian Vetch |
Vicia sativa L. -- Garden vetch |
Vicia tetrasperma (L. ) Schreb. -- Lentil vetch |
Vicia villosa Roth -- Winter vetch |
Vigna luteola (Jacq. ) Benth. -- Hairypod Cowpea; Vigna nilotica (Delile) Hook f; Vigna repens (L) Kuntze, non Baker |
Vigna unguiculata (L. ) Walp. -- Blackeyed pea |
Wisteria frutescens (L. ) Poir. -- American wisteria |
Zornia bracteata Walter, ex J. F. Gmel. -- Viperina |
Updated: 2017-06-01 18:06:26 |
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