Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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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. | ![]() |