Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Legume family
Family:
Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (Legume family) is a California plant.
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How to tell it apart
vs Asteraceae: Fabaceae flowers are individual pea-like blossoms that ripen into a pod (legume); Asteraceae 'flowers' are dense heads of many tiny florets ringed by phyllaries, producing single-seeded achenes usually topped with pappus.; vs Apiaceae: Fabaceae has bilateral pea flowers, pods, and mostly compound leaves with stipules; Apiaceae has tiny 5-petaled flowers in flat-topped compound umbels and 2-parted dry fruits.; vs Brassicaceae: Fabaceae flowers have 5 unequal petals (banner, 2 wings, keel) and a 1-chambered pod; Brassicaceae flowers have 4 petals in a cross and a 2-chambered fruit split by a papery partition.; vs Lamiaceae: Fabaceae has alternate compound leaves with stipules and produces pods; Lamiaceae has square stems, opposite aromatic leaves, 2-lipped flowers, and fruit of 4 nutlets.; vs Poaceae: Fabaceae are broad-leaved plants with showy petaled flowers and pods; Poaceae are grasses with hollow round jointed stems, narrow parallel-veined sheathing leaves, and reduced flowers in spikelets.
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Sources: Jepson eFlora
Last updated 2026-09-30
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