Saturday, April 21, 2007

Fabaceae (Pea Family)

Fairy Duster Calliandra eriophylla


November 9, 2008
Gilbert Water Ranch
April 7, 2007
Agua Fria National Monument



Calliandra sp.? (cultivated)




Mexican Bird of Paradise Caesalpinia pulcherrima

August 18, 2006
Boyce Thompson Arboretum



Featherplume Dalea formosa

March 29, 2009
Camp Verde



Mexican paloverde Parkinsonia aculeata

May 10, 2008
Gilbert Water Ranch



Desert Senna Cassia covesii

November 9, 2008
Gilbert Water Ranch



New Mexico Locust Robinia neomexicana


May 21, 2006
Four Peaks
July 29, 2007
North rim, Grand Canyon



Coulter's Lupine, Desert Lupine lupinus sparsiflorus

April 7, 2007
Agua Fria National Monument
Poisonous. Improves the soil.



Bajada lupine, Elegant Lupine Lupinus concinnus

April 19, 2009
Camp Verde
KO #11


April 11, 2010
Tent Rocks, near Camp Verde
Pictured here with Linanthus aureus.



Purple Loco Oxytropis lambertii


August 4, 2007
Flagstaff
May 3, 2008
Horton Creek



Alfalfa Medicago sativa

Look at the corkscrew seedpods. This plant escapes cultivation and can be found along roadsides.
September 4, 2007
North Rim, Grand Canyon



Pine Thermopsis Thermopsis pinetorum


May 11, 2008
West Fork Oak Creek
May 18, 2008
Woods Canyon Lake



Wright's Deervetch Lotus wrightii


April 7, 2007
Agua Fria National Monument



False Indigo Amorpha fruticosa var. occidentalis

May 14, 2005
Haunted Canyon, Superstition Mountains



Prairie Clover? Petalostemum sp.?




White Sweet Clover Melilotus albus

July 7, 2007
Christopher Creek Campground, Mogollon Rim



Sweet-Clover Vetch? Vicia pulchella ?

July 23, 2007
South Fork Campground, White Mountains



American Vetch Vicia americana



August 19, 2007
Pinaleno Mountains
June 21, 2008
Freidlein Prairie
June 13, 2009
Hart Prairie, Flagstaff



Halfmoon Milkvetch Astragalus allochrous var. playanus

April 29, 2007
Bloody Basin Road



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June 22, 2008
Freidlein Prairie



Grassleaf Pea Lathyrus graminifolius

August 28, 2006
Mt. Lemmon



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July 29, 2007
North rim, Grand Canyon



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August 28, 2006
Mt. Lemmon

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