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Key to Pomaria

Fabaceae

Pomaria

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1 Shrubs, stems 1.5-6 dm long; fruits oblong-lanceolate (narrowly trapezoidal), the two sides straightish and parallel for most of their lengths; leaflets 3-5 pairs per pinna, moderately to densely tomentose on the upper surface; flowers 12-20 mm long
1 Perennial herbs, stems 0.5-3 (-5) dm long; fruits crescent-shaped, both sides strongly curved; leaflets 5-10 pairs per pinna, nearly glabrous to moderately strigose on the upper surface; flowers 6-10 mm long