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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Fabaceae	Abrus	Precatory Bean
Fabaceae	Abrus precatorius	Rosary Pea, Precatory Bean, Crab's Eyes, Jequirity, Black-eyed Susan	Disturbed areas.	Native of tropical Asia. The species is naturalized in peninsular FL, as far as north as Marion County; it was also apparently reported for GA, AL, and AR by Isely (1998) and Kartesz (1999), but this is actually based on mislabeling in Map 64 in Isely (1998).
Fabaceae	Acacia	Wattle, Acacia
Fabaceae	Acacia auriculiformis	Northern Black Wattle	Disturbed areas, suburban woodlands, hammocks, pine savannas, coastal habitats.	Native of Australia.
Fabaceae	Acacia retinodes	Water Wattle, Swamp Wattle, Everblooming Wattle	Disturbed upland areas.	Native of Australia.
Fabaceae	Acacia saligna	Coojong, Golden Wreath Wattle, Orange Wattle	Disturbed areas.	Native of Africa and Australia.
Fabaceae	Acaciella	Acacia
Fabaceae	Acaciella hirta	Prairie Acacia, Fern Acacia	Longleaf pine sandhills, glades and ledges over limestone, disturbed sandy areas.	W. LA, AR, and s. MO west to KS, OK, TX and Mexico; disjunct in e. Panhandle FL and n. peninsular FL.
Fabaceae	Acmispon	American Bird’s-foot-trefoil, Prairie-trefoil
Fabaceae	Acmispon americanus	Western Prairie-trefoil	Prairies, glades, bluff-tops, roadsides; eastwards a waif, as near wool waste-combing mills, other disturbed areas.	MB and SK south to w. LA and c. TX; also BC south to s. CA, AZ, NM, and Mexico.
Fabaceae	Acmispon helleri	Carolina Prairie-trefoil	Dry woodlands and openings, originally probably limited to prairie-like sites (fire-maintained, post oak-blackjack oak savannas), generally on clayey soils, now primarily seen on roadbanks, along railroads, and in powerline rights-of-way, where mowing and bush-hogging have replaced fire as the force keeping the habitat open, sunny, and suitable for this plant of prairie affinities.	A. helleri is endemic to the Piedmont of extreme sc. VA, NC, SC, and ne. GA.
Fabaceae	Adenanthera	Beadtree
Fabaceae	Adenanthera pavonina var. pavonina	Red Beadtree, Red Sandalwood	Disturbed areas, hammocks.	Native of subtropical Asia.
Fabaceae	Aeschynomene	Jointvetch
Fabaceae	Aeschynomene americana var. americana	Shyleaf	Moist, disturbed sites.	S. GA south to s. FL, westwards in Panhandle FL, s. AL, and s. LA; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America; reported for se. Asia.
Fabaceae	Aeschynomene fluitans	Giant Water Sensitive-vetch, "Swamp Fern"	Ponds and lakes.	Native of subSaharan Africa.
Fabaceae	Aeschynomene indica	Southern Jointvetch	Marshes, ditches, disturbed wetlands.	Probably native only in the Old World, now widespread in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World and New World.
Fabaceae	Aeschynomene pratensis var. pratensis	Florida Jointvetch	Marl prairies, marshes, sloughs.	Endemic to s. peninsular FL.
Fabaceae	Aeschynomene rudis	Frisolillo	Roadside ditches, rice fields, disturbed wetlands.	Native of South America, introduced in se. United States, recently becoming a weed.
Fabaceae	Aeschynomene virginica	Northern Jointvetch, Sensitive Jointvetch	Fresh to brackish tidal marshes and adjacent ditches, fields, and disturbed areas.	NJ to ne. NC.
Fabaceae	Albizia	Silktree
Fabaceae	Albizia julibrissin	Mimosa, Silktree	Disturbed areas, suburban woodlots, escaped and persistent in forests and woodlands.	Native of warm-temperate and subtropical Asia. A serious weed tree; "literally almost everywhere in the ‘Dixie’ south" (Isely 1973).
Fabaceae	Albizia kalkora	Kalkora Mimosa	Naturalizing in suburban areas.	Native of e. Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan). Documented by herbarium specimens at DUKE and NCU.
Fabaceae	Albizia lebbeck	Lebbek, Siris Tree, Woman’s-tongue, Rattlepod, Singer-tree, Whistling-tree	Hammocks, pine rocklands, Florida scrub, marl prairies, disturbed areas.	Native of tropical s. Asia.
Fabaceae	Albizia lebbekioides	Indian Albizia	Disturbed uplands, suburban woodlands.	Native of se. Asia.
Fabaceae	Albizia procera	Tall Albizia, White Siris	Disturbed uplands.	Native of tropical Asia.
Fabaceae	Alhagi	Camelthorn
Fabaceae	Alhagi maurorum	Camelthorn, Caspian-manna, Persian-manna	Disturbed areas.	Native of w. and s. Asia.
Fabaceae	Alysicarpus	Alyce Clover
Fabaceae	Alysicarpus glumaceus		On chrome ore piles.	Native of the Paleotropics (Africa and s. Asia).
Fabaceae	Alysicarpus ovalifolius	Alyce Clover	Disturbed areas.	Native of the Old World Tropics, planted as a forage crop (at least formerly), and rarely naturalized. The VA occurrence is from chrome ore piles in Newport News and presumably a waif. Present in the SC Coastal Plain (Bradley et al. [in prep.]).
Fabaceae	Alysicarpus rugosus	Red Moneywort	Disturbed areas, fields, grown experimentally for forage or as a nitrogen-fixing cover crop.	Native of tropical Asia and Africa.
Fabaceae	Alysicarpus vaginalis	Red Moneywort	Disturbed areas.	Native of the Paleotropics.
Fabaceae	Amorpha	Indigo-bush, Leadplant
Fabaceae	Amorpha canescens	Leadplant	Prairies, calcareous glades, exposed bluffs, dry open woodlands and oak savannas, pastures.	S. MI west to se. MT, south to IN, AR, LA, TX, and NM.
Fabaceae	Amorpha confusa	Savanna Indigo-bush	Longleaf pine savannas. A. confusa is restricted to moist loamy savannas, especially on the Foreston soil series, a habitat now largely destroyed by fire suppression, real estate development, and conversion of longleaf pine savannas to pine tree farms.	A. confusa is a narrow endemic of the se. Coastal Plain of NC (Brunswick, Columbus, and Bladen counties) and immediately adjacent SC (Horry County), where possibly extirpated.
Fabaceae	Amorpha crenulata	Miami Indigo-bush, Miami Leadplant	Low pine rocklands and adjacent sandy and marl prairies.	Endemic to s. peninsular FL.
Fabaceae	Amorpha fruticosa	Tall Indigo-bush	Riverbanks, forests, woodlands, marsh edges, sometimes in disturbed sites.	NB west to WA, south to s. FL, TX, s. CA, and Mexico (BCN, CHH, SON). Considered adventive in the ne. US and Great Lakes region.
Fabaceae	Amorpha georgiana	Georgia Indigo-bush	Mesic and/or loamy pine savannas, sandy river terraces.	A. georgiana is endemic to the Coastal Plain of sc. NC, SC, and se. GA, primarily in the fall-line Sandhills region, but rarely found on younger terraces (as far east as Pender County, NC). Much of its habitat has been destroyed.
Fabaceae	Amorpha glabra	Appalachian Indigo-bush, Mountain Indigo	Dry to dry-mesic ridgetop and slope forests, primarily at low elevations around the higher Blue Ridge (such as eastwards in the Blue Ridge escarpment).	Endemic to the Southern Appalachian mountains (and nearby provinces) of n. AL, ne. GA, w. NC, nw. SC, and e. and c. TN.
Fabaceae	Amorpha herbacea var. floridana	Florida Indigo-bush	Pine flatwoods and sandy river terraces.	Se. GA (Echols and Telfair counties) south into FL (Sorrie 1998b; J. Schaner and M. Moffett, pers.comm., 2024).
Fabaceae	Amorpha herbacea var. herbacea	Dwarf Indigo-bush	Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, other open forests and disturbed sites.	Endemic to FL, GA, SC, and NC, mostly limited to the Coastal Plain.
Fabaceae	Amorpha laevigata	Smooth Indigo-bush	Prairies, woodlands, roadsides.	OK south to n. LA and se. TX.
Fabaceae	Amorpha nitens	Dark Indigo-bush, Shining Indigo-bush	Dry to mesic upland and riparian forests, ravines, bluffs, stream banks, glade margins, sandy woodlands, rocky slopes, bottomland forests, especially on calcareous or mafic rocks.	S. SC south to GA, west to s. LA, north in the interior to w. KY, s. IL, AR, and e. OK. First reported for SC by Nelson & Kelly (1997) and for MS by John Kees (2021).
Fabaceae	Amorpha ouachitensis	Ouachita Indigo-bush	Glades, rocky woodlands, along streams.	Ouachita Mountains and adjacent areas, of w. AR and e OK.
Fabaceae	Amorpha paniculata	Panicled Indigo-bush	Marshes, sloughs.	S. AR and se. OK south to sw. LA and e. TX.
Fabaceae	Amorpha roemeriana	Roemer's Indigo-bush, Texas Indigo-bush	Woodlands over limestone.	C. TX (Edwards Plateau), east to Travis, Hays, Comal, and Bexar counties, in the border zone of our region; Coahuila.
Fabaceae	Amorpha schwerinii	Piedmont Indigo-bush	Forests and woodlands, primarily rather xeric and rocky (though not exclusively so).	Endemic to the Piedmont (rarely adjacent provinces) of sc. NC, c. SC, nc. GA, e. AL, and ne. MS.
Fabaceae	Amphicarpaea	Hog-peanut
Fabaceae	Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata	Hog-peanut	Dry to moist forests, thickets.	Widely distributed in eastern North America but more common eastwards.
Fabaceae	Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa	Hog-peanut	Dry to moist forests, thickets.	Widely distributed in eastern North America, but more common westwards.
Fabaceae	Andira
Fabaceae	Andira inermis ssp. inermis	Cabbage-bark Tree, West Indian Walnut	Hammocks.	West Indies; Mexico, Central America, South America, and subSaharan west Africa. Nativity in FL is unknown, but presumed introduced (“Reported as escaped in Florida by Small (1933, as Andira jamaicensis), by E. West and L. E. Arnold (1946), and by R. W. Long & Lakela (1971). Small (1933) wrote that "Living specimens collected on Bahia Honda Key were grown in the former Deering reservation at Buena Vista, Fla., where they flowered in 1924".
Fabaceae	Anthyllis	Kidney-vetch, Woundwort
Fabaceae	Anthyllis vulneraria	Kidney-vetch, Vulnéraire	Disturbed areas.	Native of Mediterranean Europe, n. Africa, w. Asia, and extending into more northern Europe.
Fabaceae	Apios	Groundnut
Fabaceae	Apios americana	Common Groundnut	Marshes (tidal and non-tidal), wet thickets, streambanks, bottomland forests.	NS, NB, and QC west to MN and SD, south to s. FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Apios priceana	Kentucky Groundnut, Price's Potato-bean	Mixed oak woods, especially over limestone.	Sw. KY, c. TN, ne. MS, and n. and c. AL.
Fabaceae	Arachis	Peanut
Fabaceae	Arachis glabrata	Grassnut	Disturbed areas.	Native of South America, planted on roadsides and spreading. Anderson (2007) states that this is "naturalized and spreading"; the species is also reported for Charlton County, GA (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009), Baldwin County, AL (Keener, 2012; Barger et al. 2012), and Orleans Parish LA (Allen 2015).
Fabaceae	Arachis hypogaea	Peanut	Fields; commonly cultivated, rarely persistent.	Native of South America (Brazil and Bolivia).
Fabaceae	Astragalus	Milkvetch, Locoweed
Fabaceae	Astragalus bibullatus	Pyne's Ground-plum	Calcareous glades.	Endemic to c. TN (Barneby & Bridges 1987).
Fabaceae	Astragalus brazoensis	Brazos Milkvetch	Coastal prairie, stream margins, roadsides, and other disturbed areas.	S. and se. TX and Mexico (COA, DGO, SLP, TAM, ZAC).
Fabaceae	Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis	Canada Milkvetch	Forests, woodlands, streambanks, rocky slopes and bluffs, prairies.	Ranging through much of North America, from QC and Hudson Bay west to BC, south to GA, TX, NM, and CA; also apparently disjunct in Siberia.
Fabaceae	Astragalus crassicarpus var. berlandieri	Berlandier's Ground-plum	Prairies.	E. and c. TX.
Fabaceae	Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus	Purple Ground-plum	Prairies, rocky woodlands, roadsides.	WI, MN, MB, SK, AB south to AR, sc. TX, NM, and Mexico.
Fabaceae	Astragalus distortus var. distortus	Ozark Milkvetch, Bent Milkvetch	Shale barrens and other dry, shaley places, westwards in a variety of dry open and wooded habitats.	A. distortus is interpreted by Barneby (1964) (and followed by Cronquist [1991] and Isely [1990]) to consist of 2 varieties: var. distortus, occurring in the s. Midwest from IL, MO, and OK south to MS, LA, and AR, and disjunct in n. and sc. VA, e. WV, and w. MD, and var. engelmannii (Sheldon) M.E. Jones, of TX and ne. LA
Fabaceae	Astragalus distortus var. engelmannii	Engelmann's Milkvetch	Open pine or oak woodlands.	AR, TX, and w. LA; disjunct eastward in MS (?) (NatureServe 2007).
Fabaceae	Astragalus emoryanus var. emoryanus	Emory's Milkvetch	Thornscrub, mesquital.	S. TX, w. TX, NM, and s. UT south to Mexico.
Fabaceae	Astragalus gracilis	Slender Milkvetch	Calcareous soils, in prairies or juniper savannas.	ND, SK, and MT south to sc. OK, Panhandle TX, and c. NM.
Fabaceae	Astragalus hamosus		Waif on ore piles.	Native of Mediterranean Europe, n. Africa, and w. Asia.
Fabaceae	Astragalus leptocarpus	Slim-pod Milkvetch	Oak woodlands, mesquital.	Sw. AR and s. OK south to sw. LA and e. and s. TX.
Fabaceae	Astragalus lindheimeri	Lindheimer's Milkvetch	Rocky or sandy prairies hills, bluffs, open disturbed areas.	C. and w. OK south to e., sc., and w. TX.
Fabaceae	Astragalus lotiflorus	Lotus Milkvetch	Prairies, bluffs, wooded canyons.	MN, MB, SK, AB, and BC south to TX and NM.
Fabaceae	Astragalus michauxii	Sandhill Milkvetch, Michaux's Milkvetch	Longleaf pine sandhills, in loamy, clayey, or sandy areas.	Sc. NC south through SC to GA, a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic (reports from AL and FL are in error).
Fabaceae	Astragalus missouriensis var. missouriensis	Missouri Milkvetch	Prairies, bluffs, ravines.	MB, SK, and AB south to TX, NM, AZ, and (?) Mexico.
Fabaceae	Astragalus mollissimus var. mollissimus	Woolly Locoweed	Prairies, hillsides, stream valleys.	Sw. SD and se. WY south to nc. TX, w. TX, and NM.
Fabaceae	Astragalus neglectus	Cooper's Milkvetch	Dry calcareous woodlands and barrens, over dolostone and limestone.	Se. ON west to se. SK and ne. ND, south to w. NY, ne. PA, c. PA, n. OH, s. MI, se. WI, and e. SD; disjunct in w. VA and e. WV (Wieboldt et al. 1998).
Fabaceae	Astragalus nuttallianus var. austrinus	Rio Fronteras Milkvetch	Dry, rocky or sandy prairies.	S. KS, s. CO and n. AZ south to s. TX and Mexico.
Fabaceae	Astragalus nuttallianus var. macilentus			Reported for Dallas County TX by Kartesz (2022).
Fabaceae	Astragalus nuttallianus var. nuttallianus	Nuttall’s Milkvetch	Blackland prairies.	W. AR, s. KS, and n. TX south to sw. LA, s. TX, and Mexico; disjunct in w. AL (Keener 2013).
Fabaceae	Astragalus nuttallianus var. trichocarpus	Hairypod Milkvetch	Prairies, woodlands.	OK and NM south to e. TX, s. TX, and Mexico.
Fabaceae	Astragalus nuttallianus var. zapatanus	Loredo Milkvetch	Sandy areas.	S. TX and TAM.
Fabaceae	Astragalus obcordatus	Florida Milkvetch	Longleaf pine sandhills.	S. MS south to c. peninsular FL; reported for s. GA, but no specimen was seen (Barneby 1964).
Fabaceae	Astragalus plattensis	Platte River Milkvetch	Sandy or rocky prairies.	ND and MT south through SD, WY, NE, KS, CO, and OK to sc. TX.
Fabaceae	Astragalus pleianthus		Blackland prairies, woodlands.	E. and c. TX.
Fabaceae	Astragalus racemosus var. racemosus	Cream Milkvetch	Prairies.	MN, ND, s. SK, and se. MT south to n. TX and NM.
Fabaceae	Astragalus reflexus	Texas Milkvetch, Drooping Milkvetch	Prairies on calcareous soils.	Nc. to s. TX.
Fabaceae	Astragalus soxmaniorum	Soxmans' Milkvetch	Longleaf pinelands, other woodlands.	S. AR south to w. LA and e. TX.
Fabaceae	Astragalus tennesseensis	Tennessee Ground-plum	Calcareous glades.	TN, n. AL, n. IL (and formerly c. IN, and possibly MO).
Fabaceae	Astragalus trichocalyx	Ozark Ground-plum, Cream Ground-plum	Glades, barrens, woodlands, and prairies, often over calcareous substrates.	IL south and west through MO, AR, and se. KS to nc. LA, ne. TX, and OK.
Fabaceae	Astragalus villosus	Bearded Milkvetch, Southern Milkvetch	Longleaf pine sandhills and other dry, sandy places.	A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: s. SC south to Panhandle FL, west to s. MS.
Fabaceae	Astragalus wrightii	Wright's Milkvetch	Rocky hills over limestone.	E. TX west to trans-Pecos TX.
Fabaceae	Baptisia	Wild Indigo
Fabaceae	Baptisia aberrans	Eastern Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Wild Indigo, Glade Blue Baptisia	Glades, barrens, and open woodlands over limestone (or other calcareous rocks) and diabase (or other mafic rocks), in areas that were formerly prairies, barrens, glades, or oak savannas.	Sw. KY, c. and se. TN, nw. GA, n. AL and wc. (Coastal Plain) AL, and c. NC.
Fabaceae	Baptisia alba	Thick-pod White Wild Indigo	Dry woodlands, pine flatwoods, roadsides.	C. NC south to n. peninsular FL, west to AL and MS.
Fabaceae	Baptisia albescens	Narrow-pod White Wild Indigo, Spiked Wild Indigo	Dry woodlands, pine flatwoods, roadsides.	Se. VA (e. MD?) south through NC, SC, and GA to n. FL, e. AL and e. TN.
Fabaceae	Baptisia arachnifera	Hairy Rattleweed, Hairy Wild Indigo	Longleaf pine sandhills.	Endemic to GA (Wayne and Brantley counties).
Fabaceae	Baptisia australis	Tall Blue Wild Indigo, Streamside Blue Indigo, Tall Blue Baptisia	Riverbank scour areas, gravel bars, and disturbed areas (where persisting from cultivation).	Native to w. and n. VA, w. MD, WV, w. PA, e. and c. KY, ne. TN, se. IN, and s. OH, probably w. NC (Yancey County), and possibly native to other states, the original range somewhat obscured by its frequent cultivation.
Fabaceae	Baptisia bracteata	Creamy Wild Indigo	Dry ridgetop woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands.	Ne. AL northwest through n. GA and n. SC to w. NC.
Fabaceae	Baptisia calycosa	Florida Wild Indigo	Dry pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills.	Endemic to ne. FL (Clay and St. Johns counties) and also reported for Lowndes County, GA (Kartesz 2010) (this record needing confirmation).
Fabaceae	Baptisia cinerea	Carolina Wild Indigo	Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy woods.	Though common in the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas, B. cinerea is a narrow endemic, ranging only from s. VA south to s. SC. The report in Jones & Coile (1988) of B. cinerea in GA is in error; the specimen is of B. lanceolata.
Fabaceae	Baptisia elliptica		Longleaf pine sandhills.	Panhandle FL and adjacent s. AL; disjunct in c. peninsular FL.
Fabaceae	Baptisia hirsuta	Hairy Wild Indigo, Panhandle Wild Indigo	Hammocks, dry pine flatwoods and longleaf pine sandhills.	Endemic to FL Panhandle (Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton counties) and adjacent AL (Covington County).
Fabaceae	Baptisia lactea		Woodlands, prairies, roadsides.	W. NY, MI, WI, MN, and e. NE, south to AL, nw. GA (R. Ware, pers.comm., 2022), MS, LA, e. TX, and sw. OK; alleged by S to occur in NC, presumably based on misinterpreted material of B. alba.
Fabaceae	Baptisia lanceolata	Gopherweed	Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods.	S. SC south to ne. FL and sw. GA, a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic. Small (1933) alleges that B. lanceolata ranges north to NC, but no documentation is known.
Fabaceae	Baptisia lecontei	Leconte's Wild Indigo	Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods.	Sc. GA south to e. Panhandle FL and s. peninsular FL.
Fabaceae	Baptisia leucophaea var. laevicaulis		Dry longleaf pine / bluestem woodlands, other pinelands, coastal prairies.	E. LA west to s. TX, scattered northward to s. AR and e. OK.
Fabaceae	Baptisia leucophaea var. leucophaea	Plains Wild Indigo	Pinelands, oak woodlands, barrens.	Nw. IN west to s. MN and e. NE, south to w. KY, c. MS, c. LA, se. LA (Turner 2006), and e. TX.
Fabaceae	Baptisia megacarpa	Apalachicola Wild Indigo, Bigpod Wild Indigo	Moist forests of floodplains and lower slopes.	E. Panhandle FL and sw. GA west to se. AL.
Fabaceae	Baptisia minor	Prairie Blue Wild Indigo, Prairie Blue Baptisia	Prairies, rocky open woodlands.	IA and se. NE south through MO to n. and w. AR, OK, and n. TX. Reported by K3 for KY but the material is considered to represent B. aberrans by Campbell & Medley (2014).
Fabaceae	Baptisia nuttalliana	Nuttall's Wild Indigo	Woodlands and prairies.	S. AR and se. OK south to se. LA (Florida parishes) and se. TX.
Fabaceae	Baptisia perfoliata	Catbells, Gopherweed	Longleaf pine sandhills.	S. SC to e. GA; disjunct in c. peninsular FL (Orange and Osceola counties); disjunct in wc. AL (Sumter County) (Keener 2007; Woods & Diamond 2014), where believed to be introduced.
Fabaceae	Baptisia riparia	Ochlockonee Wild Indigo	Moist forests of floodplains.	Endemic to e. Panhandle FL (all known collections from the Ochlockonee River).
Fabaceae	Baptisia simplicifolia	Scareweed	Pine flatwoods.	Endemic to Panhandle FL (Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla counties) (Wunderlin & Hansen 2004).
Fabaceae	Baptisia sphaerocarpa	Green Wild Indigo	Woodlands and prairies.	S. MS west to se. MO, e. OK, and e. TX.
Fabaceae	Baptisia tinctoria	Honestyweed, Rattleweed	Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, xeric oak and pine woodlands, ridges, woodland edges, cobblebars, and roadbanks.	S. ME, s. NH, s. VT, NY, s. ON, s. MI, s. WI, and se. MN south to GA, sc. TN, and s. IA.
Fabaceae	Bauhinia	Orchid-tree
Fabaceae	Bauhinia ×blakeana	Hong Kong Orchid Tree	Used horticulturally, and at least persisting.	This is a hybrid of garden origin.
Fabaceae	Bauhinia aculeata	White Orchid-tree	Disturbed areas.	Native of the Caribbean region (Lesser Antilles, Mexico, and n. South America.
Fabaceae	Bauhinia purpurea	Purple Orchid-tree, Butterfly-tree	Disturbed areas.	Native of s. Asia.
Fabaceae	Bauhinia variegata	Orchid-tree	Disturbed areas.	Native of s. and se. Asia.
Fabaceae	Bituminaria	Arabian-pea
Fabaceae	Bituminaria bituminosa	Pitch Trefoil	Waif on ballast.	Native of Mediterranean Europe.
Fabaceae	Caesalpinia
Fabaceae	Caesalpinia pulcherrima	Poinciana, Bird-of-Paradise, Pride-of-Barbados	Persistent and spread from horticultural use.	Native of Central America.
Fabaceae	Cajanus	Pigeonpea
Fabaceae	Cajanus cajan	Pigeonpea, Gungo-pea, Red Gram, Gandul, Angola Pea, Congo Bean	Disturbed areas.	Native of the s. Asia.
Fabaceae	Cajanus scarabaeoides var. scarabaeoides	Showy Pigeon-pea	Ore pile waif.	Native of the s. and se. Asia.
Fabaceae	Calliandra
Fabaceae	Calliandra biflora	Twoflower Stickpea	Sandy soils in grasslands and thornscrub.	Se. TX and n. Mexico.
Fabaceae	Calliandra eriophylla	Rio Grande Stickpea, False-mesquite Calliandra	Sandy, gravelly, limestone, or caliche soils.	Se., s., and w. TX west to CA, south to n. Mexico.
Fabaceae	Calliandra haematocephala var. haematocephala	Powderpuff Tree	Disturbed areas.	Native of South America, cultivated in the southern part of our area and allegedly persistent or spreading.
Fabaceae	Canavalia
Fabaceae	Canavalia brasiliensis	Brazilian Jackbean	Disturbed pine rocklands, other disturbed areas.	Native of tropical America.
Fabaceae	Canavalia ensiformis	Jackbean, Wonderbean	Disturbed areas.	Native of tropical America.
Fabaceae	Canavalia gladiata	Sword Bean	Disturbed areas.	Native of s. and se. Asia.
Fabaceae	Canavalia rosea	Baybean, Seaside Jackbean	Ocean beaches, coastal strands.	Pantropical, north in FL to Dixie County on the west coast and Volusia County on the east coast.
Fabaceae	Caragana
Fabaceae	Caragana arborescens	Siberian Peashrub, Siberian Pea-tree	Pastures, suburban woodlands.	Native of ne. Asia. Reported as escaped in suburban MD.
Fabaceae	Cassia	Cassia
Fabaceae	Cassia afrofistula	Kenyan Shower	Cultivated as an ornamental and persistent.	Native of e. Africa and Madagascar.
Fabaceae	Cassia fistula	Golden Shower	Cultivated as an ornamental and persistent, weakly spreading to disturbed areas.	Native of s. Asia.
Fabaceae	Cassia grandis	Pink Shower, Horse Cassia, Coral Showertree	Cultivated as an ornamental and persistent.	Native of the Neotropics (Central and South America).
Fabaceae	Cassia javanica ssp. agnes	Pink Shower, Rainbow Shower	Cultivated as an ornamental and persistent.	Native of se. Asia.
Fabaceae	Centrosema	Spurred Butterfly Pea
Fabaceae	Centrosema arenicola	Sand Butterfly-pea, Pineland Butterfly-pea	Longleaf pine sandhills.	N. FL (Columbia, Dixie, and Duval counties) south to sc. FL.
Fabaceae	Centrosema sagittatum	Arrowleaf Butterfly-pea	Disturbed areas, probably only cultivated.	Native of tropical America.
Fabaceae	Centrosema virginianum var. angustifolium		Dunes, shell mounds, pine rocklands, other dry forests and woodlands.	S. GA, s. AL, and FL south to s. FL; Bahamas; Central America and n. South America.
Fabaceae	Centrosema virginianum var. virginianum	Spurred Butterfly Pea	Dry woodlands and openings.	S. NJ south to s. FL, west to KY, sc. MO, AR, and TX; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Fabaceae	Ceratonia
Fabaceae	Ceratonia siliqua	Carob, St. John's Bread, Locust Bean	Cultivated, apparently rarely at least persisting.	Native of Mediterranean Europe, Africa and w. Asia.
Fabaceae	Cercis	Redbud
Fabaceae	Cercis canadensis var. canadensis	Eastern Redbud, Judas Tree	Moist to dry forests and woodlands, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, also commonly planted as an ornamental.	MA, WI, and NE south to c. peninsular FL and e. TX.
Fabaceae	Cercis canadensis var. mexicana	Mexican Redbud	Rocky limestone areas.	Scattered from nc. OK to e. and wc. TX, south into Mexico along the Sierra Madre Oriental.
Fabaceae	Cercis canadensis var. texensis	Texas Redbud	Rocky limestone areas (especially on the Edwards Plateau), but also in calcareous ravines in the Coastal Plain.	E. and c. OK and TX, south into Mexico along the Sierra Madre Oriental; sometimes cultivated elsewhere, and beginning to escape, as in c. NC.
Fabaceae	Cercis chinensis	Chinese Redbud	Cultivated as an ornamental and landscaping plant, perhaps sometimes persistent (probably not naturalized at this time).	Native of China.
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista	Partridge-pea
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista calycioides var. calycioides	Woodland Partridge-pea	Grasslands, mesquite woodlands, other sandy sites.	S. TX south through Mexico (OAX) and Central America to South America.
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista chamaecristoides var. cruziana	Beach Partridge-pea	Coastal dunes, beaches, and sand flats.	Coastal s. TX south to TAM.
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista deeringiana	Rockland Senna	Pine rocklands.	Endemic to s. FL (Miami-Dade and Monroe counties).
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista fasciculata var. 1		Dunes, sandy disturbed areas.	Panhandle FL and s. AL west to e. and se. TX.
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista fasciculata var. 2		Fields, disturbed areas.	E. GA south to s. FL, west to w. Panhandle FL.
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata	Common Partridge-pea	Fields, disturbed areas, fencerows, and a wide range of other habitats.	MA west to MN, south to s. FL and Mexico.
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista fasciculata var. macrosperma	Tidal-marsh Partridge-pea	Freshwater tidal marshes.	Endemic to e. VA (Rappahannock, Mattaponi, Pamunkey, Chickahominy, James, and Appomattox Rivers and their major estuarine tributaries) and MD.
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista flexuosa var. texana	Texas Sensitive-pea	Open, sandy areas.	Sc. and s. TX south into Mexico (TAM).
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista greggii var. greggii	Gregg's Sensitive-pea	On caliche.	S. TX, COA, NLE, and TAM.
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista horizontalis		Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry longleaf pine woodlands, disturbed sandy areas.	Sw. and wc. GA (Jones & Coile 1988) south to s. peninsular FL, Panhandle FL, and west to s. MS (Sorrie & Leonard 1999).
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista keyensis	Keys Sensitive-pea, Narrowpod Sensitive-pea, Key Cassia	Pine rocklands.	Endemic to s. FL (Miami-Dade and Monroe counties)
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista nictitans var. aspera	Southern Sensitive-plant	Pine savannas, pinelands, disturbed sandy soils.	Se. SC south to s. FL.
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans	Common Sensitive-plant	Forests, woodlands, disturbed areas, pine savannas, and a wide variety of other habitats.	C. nictitans is widely distributed in e. North America, and (depending on the scope of what is included in it) south into South America. In North America, var. nictitans ranges throughout se. United States, north to MA, NY, OH, and e. KS.
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista pilosa var. pilosa	Hairy Sensitive-pea	Disturbed upland areas, including Florida scrub.	Native of the Neotropics.
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista rotundifolia var. rotundifolia	Roundleaf Sensitive-plant	Disturbed areas.	Native of tropical America (the form in Florida is apparently most similar to and likely introduced from Cuba).
Fabaceae	Chamaecrista serpens var. serpens	Slender Sensitive-pea	Disturbed areas.	Native of the Neotropics.
Fabaceae	Chapmannia	Alicia
Fabaceae	Chapmannia floridana	Alicia	Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub.	N. FL (Clay County) south to s. FL.
Fabaceae	Cicer	Chick Pea, Garbanzo
Fabaceae	Cicer arietinum	Chick Pea, Garbanzo	Disturbed areas.	Native of w. Asia. Described by Isely (1998) as "an occasional recurrent waif" in the United States.
Fabaceae	Cladrastis	Yellow-wood
Fabaceae	Cladrastis kentukea	Yellow-wood	Mountain forests, Piedmont bluffs, especially on calcareous or mafic rocks (introduced only in the Piedmont of NC).	This small to large tree has a native range primarily in the Southern Appalachians (mostly on the west side), the Ozarks, and limestone regions in-between (such as c. TN), ranging from s. OH, s. IN, s. IL, and s. MO south to sw. NC, sc. SC, n. GA, AL, c. AR, and e. OK, but is cultivated and (at least sparsely) naturalized more widely. Increasingly planted as an ornamental, and likely to start escaping more widely, as reported for Fairfax County, VA (Steury 2011). As discussed by Wyatt (1985), the SC occurrence on Fall Line bluffs of the Savannah River is an interesting disjunction, apparently relictual.
Fabaceae	Clitoria	Butterfly Pea, Pigeonwings
Fabaceae	Clitoria fragrans	Scrub Butterfly-pea, Fragrant She-Pea, Sweet-scented Pigeonwings	Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills.	Endemic to the c. FL peninsula.
Fabaceae	Clitoria mariana var. mariana	Butterfly Pea, She-pea	Dry woodlands and openings, roadsides.	NY (Long Island), NJ west to s. OH, s. IL, MO, and OK, south to c. peninsular FL (Marion County), TX, and South America; disjunct in s. AZ.
Fabaceae	Clitoria mariana var. pubescentia	Florida Butterfly Pea, Florida She-pea	Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods.	Endemic to the nc. and s. FL peninsula. Apparently ranging as far north as Clay and Alachua counties.
Fabaceae	Clitoria ternatea	Blue-pea, Conchitas, Zapatico de la Reina	Disturbed areas.	Native of the Paleotropics. Weakly naturalized in s. GA (Isely 1998) and FL.
Fabaceae	Cochliasanthus	Snailflower, Snail Bean
Fabaceae	Cochliasanthus caracalla	Snail Bean, Corkscrew Vine, Snail Vine	Disturbed areas, from horticultural use.	Native of Central and South America.
Fabaceae	Cologania
Fabaceae	Cologania angustifolia
Fabaceae	Colutea
Fabaceae	Colutea arborescens	Bladder-senna	Disturbed areas, from horticultural use.	Native of Mediterranean Europe.
Fabaceae	Coursetia	Babybonnets
Fabaceae	Coursetia axillaris	Texas Baby-bonnets	Scrub, chaparral, and woodlands on caliche.	S. TX and adjacent Mexico (SLP, TAM, VER).
Fabaceae	Crotalaria	Rattlebox
Fabaceae	Crotalaria alata	Winged Rattlebox	Suburban woodlands.	Native of Himalayan Asia. Collected as an escape in Gainesville, FL in 1939 and not seen since (Nesom 2023b).
Fabaceae	Crotalaria angulata	Two-flower Rattlebox	Chrome ore piles, as a waif.	Native of s. Asia. Reported by Reed (1964).
Fabaceae	Crotalaria avonensis	Avon Park Rattlebox, Avon Park Harebells	Florida scrub.	Endemic to c. FL peninsula (Highlands and Polk counties).
Fabaceae	Crotalaria incana var. incana	Shake-shake, Velvety Rattlebox	Disturbed areas.	Native of the tropics, variously interpreted as pantropical or only Paleotropical. Also in peninsular FL, from Alachua County southward.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria juncea	Sunn Hemp	Roadsides, also grown as a crop, and occurring as a waif in field edges (W. Barger, pers. comm., 2012; Zomlefer et al. 2018).	Probably native of s. Asia.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria lanceolata ssp. lanceolata	Lanceleaf Rattlebox	Sandy fields, roadsides, other disturbed areas.	Native of e. Africa.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria linaria		Coastal dunes, dry pinelands.	S. peninsular FL, keys, north along the coasts, to Pinellas County on the west and Palm Beach County on the east.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria maritima	Low Rattlebox, Rabbitbells	Sandy forests and woodlands, roadsides.	E. SC south to s. FL, and west to e. LA, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria ochroleuca	Slenderleaf Rattlebox	Roadsides and sandy fields.	Native of subSaharan Africa.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria pallida var. obovata	Smooth Rattlebox	Roadsides and fields.	Native of Africa.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria pumila	Low Rattlebox	Beach dunes, coastal grasslands, coastal strands, pine rocklands, disturbed uplands.	FL peninsula; West Indies; TX, AZ, and NM south through Mexico and Central America to South America.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria purshii	Coastal Plain Rattlebox, Pursh's Rattlebox	Mesic to dry pinelands, sandy openings, roadsides.	A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. VA south to n. FL, c. peninsular FL, and west to e. LA, with scattered locations inland.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria retusa	Rattleweed	Disturbed areas.	Native of the Old World tropics.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria rotundifolia	Low Rattlebox, Rabbitbells	Sandy forests and woodlands, roadsides.	Se. VA south to c. peninsular FL, west to se. LA; also widespread in Mexico and Central America.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria sagittalis var. sagittalis	Common Rattlebox	Woodlands, woodland edges, barrens, prairies, openings, fields.	MA and VT west to s. MI, s. WI, and c. MN, south to c. SC, s. AL, s. MS, TX, Mexico and Central America; West Indies.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria spectabilis	Showy Rattlebox	Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas.	Native of s. and se. Asia.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria trichotoma	Zanzibar Rattlebox, Curara Pea	Roadsides, disturbed areas.	Native of subSaharan Africa.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria verrucosa	Blue Rattlebox, Purple Popbush	Disturbed areas.	Native of tropical s. and se. Asia and Oceania.
Fabaceae	Crotalaria virgulata ssp. grantiana	Grant's Rattlebox	Disturbed areas.	Native of s. Africa.
Fabaceae	Ctenodon
Fabaceae	Ctenodon histrix var. incanus		Disturbed areas.	Native of tropical America. Probably introduced on ship’s ballast at Pensacola in the 19th century, but seemingly at least weakly established as it was recollected in Escambia County, FL, in 1985 (Isely 1990).
Fabaceae	Ctenodon viscidulus	Sticky Jointvetch	Dry sandy areas, such as longleaf pine sandhills, other dry pinelands, sandy coastal prairies, and barrier islands.	From s. GA (Jones & Coile 1988; Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009; SE), panhandle FL, s. AL, s. MS, and s. TX south to s. FL; Mexico south through Central America to South America; West Indies.
Fabaceae	Cullen
Fabaceae	Cullen americanum	Scurf-pea	Waste areas around wool-combing mills and dumps, other disturbed areas, perhaps only a waif.	Native of the w. Mediterranean region (a misnomer). There are other (older) reports from other southeastern states, including FL and MS.
Fabaceae	Cullen corylifolium	Malaysian Scurf-pea	On ships' ballast, probably only a waif.	Native of s. Asia.
Fabaceae	Cytisus	Broom
Fabaceae	Cytisus scoparius	Broom, Scotch Broom, Besom, Ginster	Roadbanks, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Fabaceae	Dalbergia	Indian Rosewood
Fabaceae	Dalbergia brownei	Browne’s Rosewood	Rockland hammocks, mangroves, bayheads, tidal swamps and shrublands.	S. FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Fabaceae	Dalbergia ecastaphyllum	Coinvine	Maritime hammocks, beach dunes, coastal strands, coastal grasslands, coastal berms, scrubby flatwoods, shell middens, mangroves.	Peninsular FL; West Indies; Mexico (TAB, VER), Central America, and South America; Paleotropics.
Fabaceae	Dalbergia sissoo	Indian Rosewood	Disturbed areas.	Native of Asia.
Fabaceae	Dalea	Prairie-clover
Fabaceae	Dalea adenopoda	Summer-farewell	Longleaf pine sandhills, scrubby pine flatwoods, Florida scrub.	Endemic to the FL peninsula.
Fabaceae	Dalea albida	White-tassels	Longleaf pine sandhills.	E. GA (near the SC border) west to se. AL, south to ne. FL, n. peninsular FL, and e. FL Panhandle.
Fabaceae	Dalea aurea	Golden Dalea, Silktop Dalea	Silty or gravelly limestone soils.	SD and WY south to TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico.
Fabaceae	Dalea austrotexana	South Texas Woolly Dalea	Dunes and sandy flats.	Endemic to s. TX.
Fabaceae	Dalea cahaba	Cahaba Prairie-clover	Dolomitic Ketona glades.	Endemic to c. AL (Bibb County).
Fabaceae	Dalea candida	White Prairie-clover	Calcareous glades and barrens, prairies.	WV, KY, IN, WI, MN, and SK south to nw. GA, e. TN, w. AL, sc. MS, s. LA, and ne. TX.
Fabaceae	Dalea carnea	Pink-tassels	Dry sandy pinelands.	Se. GA south to s. peninsular FL.
Fabaceae	Dalea carrizoana	Carrizo Prairie-clover	On dry sands of the Carrizo formation.	Endemic to se. TX. Record from Dimmit County, TX is uncertain.
Fabaceae	Dalea ceciliana	Cecilia's Prairie-clover	Deep sandy soils.	Endemic to s. TX.
Fabaceae	Dalea compacta var. compacta	Compact Prairie-clover	Blackland prairies.	Sw. AR and se. OK south to e. and c. TX.
Fabaceae	Dalea compacta var. pubescens	Showy Prairie-clover	Prairies, on clay and limestone.	OK south to nw. LA and se. and sc. TX.
Fabaceae	Dalea drummondiana	Drummond's Prairie-clover, Little-leaf Prairie-clover	Prairies.	Sw. AR and OK south to e. and s. TX.
Fabaceae	Dalea emarginata	Wedgeleaf Prairie-clover	Beaches, dunes, other sandy soils.	Sw. LA west to c. and s. TX and ne. Mexico (TAM, VER).
Fabaceae	Dalea enneandra	Nine-anthered Prairie-clover, Sailpod Dalea	Loess hill prairies.	ND and MT south to w. MO, e. OK, se. TX and NM.
Fabaceae	Dalea feayi	Feay's Prairie-clover	Longleaf pine sandhills.	E. GA (vicinity of the Altamaha River); FL peninsula; Panhandle FL (vicinity of the Apalachicola River).
Fabaceae	Dalea floridana	Florida Prairie-clover	Marl prairies, pine rocklands, rockland hammock edges, coastal strands.	Endemic to s. FL.
Fabaceae	Dalea foliosa	Cedar Glade Prairie-clover, Leafy Prairie-clover	Calcareous glades.	C. TN, n. AL, IL, and OH (?).
Fabaceae	Dalea frutescens	Black Dalea	Prairies and shrublands.	Sc. OK and NM south through the eastern 2/3s of TX to ne. Mexico.
Fabaceae	Dalea gattingeri	Gattinger's Prairie-clover	Calcareous glades and barrens.	C. TN, nw. GA, n. AL, s. MO, and n. AR (Sundell et al. 1999).
Fabaceae	Dalea grisea	East Texas Prairie-clover	Sandy woodlands and prairies.	AR south to nw. LA and e. TX.
Fabaceae	Dalea hallii	Hall's Dalea	Upland prairies, barren areas on outcroppings and eroded limestone (such as of the Walnut Formation).	Nc. to c. TX.
Fabaceae	Dalea lanata	Woolly Prairie-clover, Woolly Dalea	Dry sands.	AR, s. KS and e. CO south to nw. LA (Bossier Parish), nc. and w. TX and NM.
Fabaceae	Dalea lasiathera	Purple Dalea	Over limestone.	C and w. TX south to Mexico (TAM, NLE, and COA).
Fabaceae	Dalea leporina	Hare's-foot Dalea, Foxtail Dalea	Prairies and woodlands, disturbed areas.	WI, MN, and ND south to s. IL, se. MO, s. KS, w. TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico; somewhat disjunct eastwards in c. TN.
Fabaceae	Dalea mountjoyae	Sprawling White-tassels	Wet pine savannas.	Sc. and sw. GA west to se. LA.
Fabaceae	Dalea multiflora	Round-headed Prairie-clover	Upland prairies.	W. MO, c. NE, and e. CO south to TX.
Fabaceae	Dalea nana	Dwarf Dalea	Sandy soils.	Sw. OK and se. CO south to se. TX, s. TX, w. TX, NM, se. AZ, and Mexico.
Fabaceae	Dalea obovata	Pussyfoot	Open sand flats.	TX south to ne. Mexico (COA, TAM).
Fabaceae	Dalea oligophylla	Western White Prairie-clover	Prairies, occurring in drier habitats than Dalea candida.	MB, SK, and AB south to e. OK, ne. TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico (CHH, SON).
Fabaceae	Dalea phleoides	Slim-spike Prairie-clover	Sandy woodlands and openings.	Nw. LA and se. OK south to se. TX.
Fabaceae	Dalea pinnata var. pinnata	Summer Farewell, Eastern Prairie-clover	Longleaf pine sandhills and other dryish pinelands, especially in loamy sands.	Sc. and se. NC south through SC and GA to c. peninsular FL and e. Panhandle FL.
Fabaceae	Dalea pinnata var. trifoliata		Longleaf pine sandhills, dry to moist longleaf pine flatwoods.	E. GA (near the Savannah River) south and west to w. Panhandle FL, s. AL, and s. MS.
Fabaceae	Dalea pogonathera var. walkerae		Alluvial soils.	S. TX south to Mexico.
Fabaceae	Dalea purpurea	Purple Prairie-clover	Prairies, glades, and open woodlands.	ON west to BC, south to KY, TN, n. AL, c. MS, TX, and NM.
Fabaceae	Dalea reverchonii	Comanche Peak Prairie-clover	On limestone.	Nc. TX (Hood, Parker, and Wise counties).
Fabaceae	Dalea rubescens		Calcareous prairies.	Nc. TX west to NM, south into Mexico.
Fabaceae	Dalea scandens var. paucifolia	Thyrsed Dalea	Brushlands.	S. TX south to Central America.
Fabaceae	Dalea tenuifolia	Slimleaf Dalea	Prairies.	W. KS and se. CO south to Panhandle TX and NM; disjunct in c. OK (Cleveland County).
Fabaceae	Dalea tenuis		Rocky limestone areas.	C. OK south to sc. TX.
Fabaceae	Dalea villosa	Silky Prairie-clover	Sandy prairies.	MI, WI, MN, MB, and SK south to MO, e. OK, nc. TX, and e. NM.
Fabaceae	Delonix	Poinciana
Fabaceae	Delonix regia	Royal Poinciana, Flamboyan, Flame Tree	Disturbed areas, hammocks, pine rocklands, widely planted and especially common in suburban areas.	Native of Madagascar (now widely grown and naturalized in tropical areas around the world).
Fabaceae	Denisophytum		A genus of about 8-9 species, of Africa, South America, and the West Indies (including Florida) (Gagnon et al. 2016).
Fabaceae	Denisophytum pauciflorum	Few-flower Holdback	Pine rocklands, rockland hammocks.	S. FL (Monroe County keys); West Indies (Cuba).
Fabaceae	Dermatophyllum
Fabaceae	Dermatophyllum secundiflorum	Texas Mountain-laurel, Mescal-bean, Frijolito	Rocky limestone slopes, sandy areas.	E. TX and NM south to Mexico.
Fabaceae	Desmanthus	Bundleflower
Fabaceae	Desmanthus acuminatus	Sharp-pod Bundleflower, Wild Tantan	Gravelly or sandy open areas.	C. TX south to coastal se. TX; central South America.
Fabaceae	Desmanthus brevipes	Dwarf Bundle-flower	Post oak or juniper woodlands, prairies, and along roadsides, most commonly found on sandy or gravelly soils but also on calcareous and clay soils.	Sw. LA west along the coast to s. TX.
Fabaceae	Desmanthus illinoensis	Common Bundleflower, Prairie Mimosa	Prairies, open woodlands, barrens, marsh edges, disturbed areas.	OH, MN, and ND south to Panhandle FL, TX, and NM; with scattered adventive occurrences east and west of the native distribution.
Fabaceae	Desmanthus leptolobus	Prairie Bundleflower	Prairies and open ground, disturbed areas, lawns.	KS and OK south to sc. and e. TX.
Fabaceae	Desmanthus leptophyllus	Slenderleaf Bundleflower	Pine rocklands, disturbed upland areas.	Native of tropical America.
Fabaceae	Desmanthus obtusus	Bluntpod Bundleflower	Woodlands, grasslands, disturbed areas.	N. TX south through s. TX and se. NM to Mexico.
Fabaceae	Desmanthus reticulatus	Netleaf Bundleflower	Rich, moist blackland prairies, in Tamaulipan scrub, and along roadsides in agricultural areas.	C. to s. TX.
Fabaceae	Desmanthus velutinus	Velvety Bundleflower	Limestone outcrops.	Nc. TX, NM, and AZ south to s. TX and Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE).
Fabaceae	Desmanthus virgatus	Wild Tantan	Longleaf pine sandhills, shell middens, hammocks, scrub, mesquital, disturbed areas.	FL peninsula (north to Levy County); West Indies; nw. LA and c. Texas south through Mexico and Central America to South America. The location in nw. LA (Caddo Parish) is adventive (MacRoberts & MacRoberts 2011b).
Fabaceae	Desmodium	Tick-trefoil, Tick-clover, Beggar's-ticks, Stick-tights
Fabaceae	Desmodium ×humifusum	Ground-spreading Tick-trefoil	Dry, sandy soils.	MA (NS?) south to MD and DC (and possibly VA).
Fabaceae	Desmodium canadense	Showy Tick-trefoil, Canadian Tick-trefoil	Marl marshes, Thuja swamps, springs, seeps, hay meadows, streambanks, prairies, usually associated with calcareous substrates.	QC and NS west to AB, south to n. VA, sw. VA, c. WV, MO, and OK. Small (1933) reports this species for NC; no documentation has been seen.
Fabaceae	Desmodium canescens	Hoary Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	MA west to WI and NE, south to n. peninsular FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium ciliare		Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	MA west to IN, MO, and se. KS, south to s. FL and TX; also in Cuba.
Fabaceae	Desmodium cuspidatum	Large-bracted Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodlands, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	VT and MA west to MN, south to FL Panhandle and e. TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium fernaldii	Fernald's Tick-trefoil	Longleaf pine sandhills and dry flatwoods, other dry sandy habitats, basic mesic forest, woodland borders.	E. MD south to s. SC (and maybe e. GA and n. FL); Isely (1998) states that reports from the Gulf Coast are based on "glabrate forms of D. glabellum", and also suggests that D. fernaldii is only weakly differentiated from D. glabellum.
Fabaceae	Desmodium floridanum	Florida Tick-trefoil	Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy habitats.	Se. SC south to s. FL.
Fabaceae	Desmodium glabellum	Tall Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	ME west to WI and NE, south to n. peninsular FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium illinoense	Illinois Tick-trefoil	Prairies, roadsides.	OH, s. MI, s. WI, s. MN, se. SD, and c. NE south to s. OH, s. IL, se. MO, n. AR, s. OK, and n. TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium incanum	Zarzabacoa Tick-trefoil, Zarzabacoa común, Amor Seco, Empanadilla	Lawns, disturbed areas; presumably introduced or adventive from tropical America.	A pantropical weedy species. Becoming common in s. AL (Dauphin Island (Barger et al. 2012).
Fabaceae	Desmodium laevigatum	Smooth Tick-trefoil	Dry oak and pine forests, fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	S. NY west to IN and MO, south to n. FL, Panhandle FL, and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium lindheimeri
Fabaceae	Desmodium lineatum	Matted Tick-trefoil	Longleaf pine sandhills and other dry forests and woodlands.	Se. MD south to n. peninsular FL, west to TX, rarely inland; reported for NLE (Villaseñor 2016).
Fabaceae	Desmodium marilandicum	Maryland Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	MA west to MI and MO, south to n. peninsular FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium nuttallii	Nuttall’s Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	NY west to IN, south to n. peninsular FL, FL Panhandle, AL, and AR.
Fabaceae	Desmodium obtusum	Stiff Tick-trefoil	Longleaf pine sandhills and dry pine flatwoods, other dry pine woodlands, fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	MA west to s. MI, south to Panhandle FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium ochroleucum	White Tick-trefoil, Creamflower Tick-trefoil	Dry woodlands and barrens, especially over calcareous substrates.	NJ, DE, and MD south to sc. and sw. NC, GA, TN, AL, Panhandle FL, MS, and MO.
Fabaceae	Desmodium paniculatum var. epetiolatum		Pine savannas and pine flatwoods, bogs.	Se. VA south to se. NC or e. SC.
Fabaceae	Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum	Panicled Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	S. ME west to s. ON, MI, and NE, south to s. FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium perplexum	Perplexing Tick-trefoil	Fields, woodland borders, hammocks, disturbed areas.	ME west to WI, south to FL and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium psilophyllum	Wright's Tick-trefoil	Stream banks and rocky slopes.	C. TX, w. TX, and s. AZ south to s. Mexico.
Fabaceae	Desmodium rotundifolium	Roundleaf Tick-trefoil	Dry forests and woodlands.	VT and MA west to s. MI, south to ne. FL, Panhandle FL, LA, and MO.
Fabaceae	Desmodium scorpiurus	Scorpion Tick-trefoil, Samoan-clover	Lawns, disturbed areas.	Native of the New World tropics.
Fabaceae	Desmodium sessilifolium	Sessile-leaf Tick-trefoil	Dry woodlands.	RI west to s. MI and KS, south to NC, Panhandle FL, MS, and TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium strictum	Pineland Tick-trefoil, Pinebarren Tick-trefoil	Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands.	S. NJ south to s. FL, west to w. LA. All reports from TX are based n misidentifications.
Fabaceae	Desmodium tenuifolium	Slimleaf Tick-trefoil	Pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods.	Se. VA south to c. peninsular FL, west to w. LA. Reports from TX are based on misidentifications.
Fabaceae	Desmodium tortuosum		Fields, woodland borders, disturbed areas.	E. NC south to s. FL, west to AR and TX; Mexico, Central America, n. South America, West Indies; apparently only introduced in the southeastern United States (Harper 1944b).
Fabaceae	Desmodium tweedyi	Tweedy's Tick-trefoil	Thickets in limestone areas.	OK south to sc. TX.
Fabaceae	Desmodium viridiflorum	Velvety Tick-trefoil	Woodland borders, oak and pine woodlands, disturbed areas.	NJ and DE south to c. peninsular FL, west to TX, and inland to w. VA, w. NC, n. TN, and AR.
Fabaceae	Dichrostachys	Sickle Bush
Fabaceae	Dichrostachys cinerea	African Sickle Bush, Kalahari Christmas Tree, Aroma	Coastal dunes, disturbed areas over limestone.	Native of Africa. See Barger et al. (2012) for additional information about the AL occurrence.
Fabaceae	Ebenopsis
Fabaceae	Ebenopsis ebano	Texas Ebony, Ébano	Forests and woodlands; also frequently cultivated.	S. TX, Mexico.
Fabaceae	Enterolobium
Fabaceae	Enterolobium contortisiliquum	Earpod Tree	Disturbed areas.	Native of South America.
Fabaceae	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Guanacaste	Cultivated, perhaps persistent.	Native of Central America.
Fabaceae	Erythrina	Coral Bean
Fabaceae	Erythrina crista-galli	Coraltree	Cultivated, disturbed areas, roadside ditches, persisting from cultivation or short-lived waifs.	Native of South America.
Fabaceae	Erythrina herbacea	Coral Bean, Cardinal-spear, Colorín, Mamou, Red Cardinal, Cherokee Bean	Maritime forests, dry sandy woodlands, hammocks, longleaf pine sandhills, sandy coastal scrub (TX).	Se. NC south to FL, west to se. and s. TX (Cameron County).
Fabaceae	Erythrina variegata	Tiger's-claw	Planted, persistent.	Native of the Old World tropics.
Fabaceae	Erythrostemon
Fabaceae	Erythrostemon caudatus	Tailed Nicker	Brush, disturbed areas in loose, sandy soils.	S. TX, NLE, and TAM.
Fabaceae	Erythrostemon gilliesii	Yellow Bird-of-Paradise	Disturbed areas.	Native of South America.
Fabaceae	Erythrostemon mexicanus	Mexican Holdback	Tropical thickets, chaparral.	S. TX south to c. Mexico.
Fabaceae	Erythrostemon phyllanthoides	South Texas Rushpea, Dwarf Poinciana	Thornscrub over limestone or caliche.	S. TX and TAM.
Fabaceae	Eysenhardtia
Fabaceae	Eysenhardtia texana	Kidneywood, Beebrush, Vara Dulce	Grasslands, chaparral on limestone hillsides.	TX south to c. Mexico.
Fabaceae	Fabaceae	Legume Family
Fabaceae	Galactia	Milkpea
Fabaceae	Galactia austrofloridensis	Grisebach's Milkpea	Pinelands, pine-palmetto, hammocks, weedy grasslands, sandy fields, beaches.	S. FL (Miami-Dade, Lee, and Monroe counties); West Indies.
Fabaceae	Galactia brachypoda	Smooth Creeping Milkpea	Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, xeric hammocks, dry oak woodlands.	NJ south to s. FL.
Fabaceae	Galactia canescens	Hoary Milkpea	Sandy soils.	TX, COA, NLE, TAM, VER.
Fabaceae	Galactia elliottii	Elliott's Milkpea	Pine-live oak flats, slash pine flats, Florida scrub and dry prairie, pine flatwoods, marshes and marsh edges, peat bogs, ditches, roadsides, spoil areas, marl, sandy peat, white sands.	S. SC south to s. FL. Discovered in 2021 at base of planted Sabal palmetto in landscaping on Oak Island (Brunswick County), NC; presumably brought in on nursery material raised in FL or GA and probably spread to other areas via planting of cabbage palms.
Fabaceae	Galactia erecta	Erect Milkpea	Longleaf pine sandhills.	Se. NC south to Panhandle FL, west to e. TX.
Fabaceae	Galactia fasciculata	Large Trailing Milkpea	Sand-pine scrub, dunes and hills with sand pine-oak, oak-hickory, scrubby flatwoods, river banks with live oak, longleaf pine, and saw palmetto, disturbed areas.	Endemic to FL peninsula.
Fabaceae	Galactia floridana	Florida Milkpea	Longleaf pine sandhills and other xeric sands.	S. GA south to s. FL, west to s. MS.
Fabaceae	Galactia heterophylla	Gray's Milkpea	Sandy loam, prairies.	C. and s. TX.
Fabaceae	Galactia longifolia	Longleaf Milkpea	Coastal prairies.	Se. TX; South America.
Fabaceae	Galactia microphylla	Littleleaf Milkpea	Dunes, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub.	S. AL and adjacent w. Panhandle FL.
Fabaceae	Galactia minor	Little Milkpea	Longleaf pine sandhills.	Sc. NC south to Panhandle FL, west to s. MS.
Fabaceae	Galactia mollis	Soft Sandhill Milk-pea	Longleaf pine sandhills, in loamy flats or swales.	Se. NC south to c. peninsular FL, west to Panhandle FL and se. AL.
Fabaceae	Galactia pinetorum	Pineland Milkpea	Pine rocklands.	Endemic to s. FL (Brevard, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties).
Fabaceae	Galactia regularis	Eastern Milkpea, Downy Milkpea	Dry forests and woodlands, scrubby flatwoods (FL).	Se. NY west to MO and OK, south to s. FL and se. TX.
Fabaceae	Galactia smallii	Small's Milkpea	Pine rocklands.	S. FL.
Fabaceae	Galactia striata	Florida Hammock Milkpea	Hammocks, mangroves, thickets, scrubland, disturbed areas.	Peninsular FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Fabaceae	Galactia texana	Texas Milkpea	Calcareous canyons and stream-bottoms.	Edwards Plateau and adjacent areas, TX; ne. Mexico (COA, NLE, TAM); allegedly also native in s. South America.

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