Fabaceae — Legume Family
Acacia pycnantha Benth.
Acacia pycnantha Benth.
Acacia pycnantha (golden wattle) is Australia's golden-flowered wattle, native to southeastern Australia, grown ornamentally and for tannin.
Acacia redolens Maslin
Acacia redolens Maslin
Acacia redolens Maslin is a fragrant vanilla-scented Australian shrub, planted as a groundcover in California, where it is invasive.
Acacia rigens A.Cunn. ex G.Don
Acacia rigens A.Cunn. ex G.Don
Acacia rigens A.Cunn. ex G.Don is an Australian shrub that tolerates frost and drought, and hosts double-spotted lineblue butterfly larvae.
Acacia rubida A.Cunn.
Acacia rubida A.Cunn.
Acacia rubida A.Cunn. is an erect to bushy Australian shrub or tree sold commercially, valued as a hardy nitrogen-fixing pioneer.
Acacia rupicola F.Muell. ex Benth.
Acacia rupicola F.Muell. ex Benth.
Acacia rupicola is a small Australian resinous shrub grown as an attractive hardy understorey plant in well-drained sites.
Acacia salicina Lindl.
Acacia salicina Lindl.
Acacia salicina is a drought-tolerant Australian wattle with multiple documented uses from fodder to landscaping.
Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L.Wendl.
Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L.Wendl.
Acacia saligna (coojong) is a hardy colonizing acacia used for many environmental and practical purposes globally.
Acacia schinoides Benth.
Acacia schinoides Benth.
Acacia schinoides is a 2-10 m tall shrub that bears cream ball-shaped summer flowers, good for garden hedges.
Acacia spinescens Benth.
Acacia spinescens Benth.
Acacia spinescens Benth. is an erect spiny shrub native to south-eastern and south-central Australia, flowering from July to October.
Acacia stenophylla A.Cunn. ex Benth.
Acacia stenophylla A.Cunn. ex Benth.
Acacia stenophylla is an Australian acacia grown ornamentally, with tolerance to salt, drought, and frost, and a history of indigenous use.
Acacia stricta (Andrews) Willd.
Acacia stricta (Andrews) Willd.
Acacia stricta (hop wattle) is a 2-4m perennial adaptable to most soils, used for screening plants.
Acacia suaveolens (Sm.) Willd.
Acacia suaveolens (Sm.) Willd.
Acacia suaveolens, sweet wattle, is an Australian endemic shrub that is cultivated for garden winter colour and as a low screen.
Acacia terminalis (Salisb.) J.F.Macbr.
Acacia terminalis (Salisb.) J.F.Macbr.
Acacia terminalis, an Australian native shrub or small tree, has four subspecies including the endangered Sydney-endemic A. terminalis subsp. terminalis.
Acacia tetragonophylla F.Muell.
Acacia tetragonophylla F.Muell.
Acacia tetragonophylla (Curara) is an Australian arid shrub used by Aboriginal people for seedcakes and wart treatment.
Acacia ulicifolia (Salisb.) Court
Acacia ulicifolia (Salisb.) Court
Acacia ulicifolia, commonly called prickly Moses, is a small Australian shrub that grows in dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands.
Acacia verniciflua A.Cunn.
Acacia verniciflua A.Cunn.
Varnish wattle (Acacia verniciflua) is an endemic Australian shrub or small tree found in southeastern Queensland and eastern mainland southern states.
Acacia verticillata (L'Her.) Willd.
Acacia verticillata (L'Her.) Willd.
Acacia verticillata, or Prickly Moses, is an endemic Australian shrub or tree sold for cultivation, used traditionally by Indigenous Australians to make fishing lines.
Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose
Acaciella angustissima (Mill.) Britton & Rose
Acaciella angustissima is a thornless fabaceous shrub/small tree native to the Americas, with traditional medicinal uses and cultivation for erosion control.
Acmispon americanus (Nutt.) Rydb.
Acmispon americanus (Nutt.) Rydb.
Acmispon americanus is a small hairy annual plant with pale pink to cream flowers, with the nominal subspecies including several varieties.
Acmispon argophyllus (A.Gray) Brouillet
Acmispon argophyllus (A.Gray) Brouillet
Acmispon argophyllus is a distinct island perennial herb with yellow flowers, pollinated by generalist bees, and unknown seed dispersal.
Acmispon brachycarpus (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon brachycarpus (Benth.) D.D.Sokoloff
Acmispon brachycarpus, or foothill deervetch, is a native North American annual legume with yellow pea-like flowers.
Acmispon decumbens (Benth.) Govaerts
Acmispon decumbens (Benth.) Govaerts
Acmispon decumbens is a mat-forming perennial flowering legume native to western US and northwestern Mexico.
Acmispon glaber (Vogel) Brouillet
Acmispon glaber (Vogel) Brouillet
Acmispon glaber is a perennial plant with a fire-adapted ecology that supports many native wildlife species including butterflies.
Acmispon grandiflorus (Benth.) Brouillet
Acmispon grandiflorus (Benth.) Brouillet
Acmispon grandiflorus is a perennial herb with varied colored pealike flowers and elongated legume fruit pods.
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