Category Archives: Fabaceae (Pea Family)

Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.Cours.) G.Don)

Fabaceae (Pea Family) Synonym(s): Sericea Lespedeza; Chinese Lespedeza Base Flower Color: White, PurpleReproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun , July , August , SeptNotes: One of the most invasive plants in the Eastern United States. For more information about this plant, Click Here and Here.

Southern Wild Senna (Senna marilandica (L.) Link)

Fabaceae (Pea Family) Synonym(s): Maryland Senna, Maryland Wild Senna, Southern Wild Senna, Wild Senna Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: Apr, May, JunNotes: Easily confused with the non-native and invasive Sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia). For more information about this plant, Click Here.

Tennessee Milk Vetch (Astragalus tennesseensis A. Gray ex Chapm.)

Fabaceae (Pea Family) Base Flower Color: White , YellowReproductive Phenology: Apr , MayBloom Notes: Flowers are greenish- or yellow-tinged creamy-white. For more information about this plant, Click Here.

Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.)

Fabaceae (Pea Family) Synonym(s): Scarlet Clover, Italian Clover, German Clover, French Clover, Carnation Clover, Incarnate Clover. Base Flower Color: RedReproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun , Jul , AugBloom Notes: Crimson clover is commonly used as a winter or summer annual cover crop in rotation with vegetables or field crops. For more information about this plant,Continue reading “Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.)”

Narrow Leaved Vetch (Vicia sativa (L.) Ehrh. ssp. nigra)

Fabaceae (Pea Family) Synonym(s): Blackpod Vetch; Common Vetch; Garden Vetch Base Flower Color: Purple, PinkReproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul For more information about this plant, Click Here.

Sensitive Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans)

Fabaceae (Pea Family) Synonym(s): Sensitive Partridge Pea, Wild Sensitive Plant, Sensitive Pea Base Flower Color: YellowReproductive Phenology: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov For more information about this plant, Click Here. Similar Species: Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene)

Hoary Ticktrefoil (Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.)

Fabaceae (Pea Family) Base Flower Color: Pink, PurpleReproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun For more information about this plant, Click Here.

Spurred Butterfly Pea (Centrosema virginianum Griseb.)

Fabaceae (Pea Family) Synonym(s): Blue Bell; Butterfly Pea; Lady’s Slipper; Spurred Butterfly Pea; Wild Pea Base Flower Color: PinkReproductive Phenology: Apr, May, Jun For more information about this plant, Click Here.

Lentil Vetch (Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.)

Fabaceae (Pea Family) Synonym(s): Slender Vetch, Smooth Tare, Sparrow Vetch, Four Seeded Vetch Base Flower Color: White, PurpleReproductive Phenology: Jun, JulBloom Notes: Four Seeded Vetch is native to Eurasia and invasive nearly everywhere else in the world. The minute corollas are in racemes of one to three, the usually four-seeded, as the name suggests. ForContinue reading “Lentil Vetch (Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreb.)”