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Pea / Bean Family
15 species
Red Clover - flower head approx. 2.5 cm - leaves 1.5 to 5 cm - height to 60 cm - High Park - October 2009
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean family)
Genus: Trifolium (3 leaves)
Species: Pratense (meadow)
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Biennial / Perennial - leaves often have lighter V-shaped
pattern near middle - flower may be white - also known as
Meadow Clover - native to Europe
pattern near middle - flower may be white - also known as
Meadow Clover - native to Europe
Bird's-foot Trefoil - flower to 1.5 cm - leaflets 5 to 15 mm - height 15 to 60 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - June 2009
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean Family)
Genus: Lotus
Species: Corniculata (Corniculatus?)
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Horned Trefoil - five leaflets
per compound leaf, 2 at the base and 3 at the tip - native
to Europe
per compound leaf, 2 at the base and 3 at the tip - native
to Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Everlasting Pea - flower approx. 3 cm - vine to 2 m - Humber Bay Park - September 2009
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean Family)
Genus: Lathyrus
Species: Latifolius
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Perennial Sweet Pea,
Broad-leaved Everlasting pea - Lathyrus Sylvestris (Flat
Pea or Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea) has longer,
narrower leaves - native to Europe
Broad-leaved Everlasting pea - Lathyrus Sylvestris (Flat
Pea or Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea) has longer,
narrower leaves - native to Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated March 12 2011
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Black Medick - flower head approx. 1 cm - leaves to 3 cm - vine to 1 m - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - June 2008
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean family)
Genus: Medicago
Species: Lupulina
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Annual / Biennial - also known as Hop Medick - native to
Eurasia
Eurasia
Updated February 24 2012
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Alfalfa - flower to 1 cm - flower head 1 to 3 cm - leaves 1 to 3 cm - height to 1 m - Colonel Danforth Park - July 2009
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean family)
Genus: Medicago
Species: Sativa
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Annual / Perennial - also known as Lucerne - native to
Eurasia
Eurasia
Updated June 6 2010
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Updated May 17 2012
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White Clover - flower head approx. 1.5 cm - leaves approx. 2 cm - creeper 10 to 25 cm - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - June 2010
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean family)
Genus: Trifolium
Species: Repens
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Perennial - also known as Dutch Clover - native to Europe
Hog-peanut - flower 1 to 2 cm - fruit to 4 cm - leaflet 2 to 8 cm - vine to 1.2 m - West Don Valley (E.T. Seton Park) - August 2010
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean Family)
Genus: Amphicarpaea
Species: Bracteata
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Annual / Perennial - native to Canada
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated August 21 2010
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Groundnut - flower approx. 1.5 cm - fruit to 5 to 10 cm - leaves 10 to 20 cm, leaflet 4 to 6 cm - vine to 3 m - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2010
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean Family)
Genus: Apios
Species: Americana
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - native to Canada
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated September 6 2010
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White Sweet-clover - flower approx. 5 mm - raceme 5 to 20 cm - leaves 1.5 to 5 cm, leaflet 1 to 2.5 cm - height to 3 m - Leslie Spit - August 2008
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean Family)
Genus: Melilotus
Species: Alba (also Albus)
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Annual / Biennial - some sources consider White and
Yellow Sweet-clovers to be the same species - native to
Eurasia
Yellow Sweet-clovers to be the same species - native to
Eurasia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated October 21 2010
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Yellow Sweet-clover - flower approx. 5 mm - raceme to 15 cm - leaves 1.5 to 5 cm, leaflet 1 to 2.5 cm - height to 1.5 m - High Park - June 2010
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean Family)
Genus: Melilotus
Species: Officinalis
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Annual / Biennial - some sources consider White and
Yellow Sweet-clovers to be the same species - native to
Eurasia
Yellow Sweet-clovers to be the same species - native to
Eurasia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated October 21 2010
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Cow Vetch - flower 1 to 1.5 cm - fruit 1 to 3 cm - leaves approx. 10 to 20 leaflets 1 to 3 cm - vine to 1 m - Humber Valley (Claireville Conservation Area) - July 2010
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean Family)
Genus: Vicia
Species: Cracca
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Tufted, Bird or Blue Vetch -
similar to Hairy and Smooth Vetch - native to Eurasia
similar to Hairy and Smooth Vetch - native to Eurasia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated March 12 2011
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Crown Vetch - flower 1 to 1.5 cm - flower head to 2.5 cm - fruit 2 to 5 cm - leaves approx. 11 to 21 leaflets 1.5 to 2 cm - vine to 50 cm - High Park - June 2010
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean Family)
Genus: Coronilla
Species: Varia
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Axseed - native to Europe
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated March 12 2011
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Round-headed Bush Clover - flower approx. 1 cm - flower head approx. 5 cm - leaflet to 7.5 cm - height to 1.5 m - High Park - August 2010
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean Family)
Genus: Lespedeza
Species: Capitata
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - native to Canada
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated April 2 2011
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Updated August 3 2011
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Wild Lupine - flower approx. 2.5 cm - fruit to 5 cm - raceme 10 to 25 cm - leaflet to 5 cm - height to 80 cm - High Park - June 2010
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean Family)
Genus: Lupinus
Species: Perennis
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Sundial Lupine - leaf has 7 to
11 leaflets with rounded tips often with a sharp point -
native to Canada
11 leaflets with rounded tips often with a sharp point -
native to Canada
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated February 15 2012
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Large-leaved Lupine - flower approx. 1.5 cm - fruit to 5 cm - raceme 15 to 45 cm - leaflet to 13 cm - height to 1 m - Leslie Spit - June 2011
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae (Pea or Bean Family)
Genus: Lupinus
Species: Polyphyllus
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - also known as Many-leaved, Big-leaved or
Garden Lupine - leaf has 12 to 18 leaflets with pointed
tips - native to Western North America
Garden Lupine - leaf has 12 to 18 leaflets with pointed
tips - native to Western North America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated February 15 2012
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