256 CL

AS

S M

AG

NO

LIOPSID

AC

LASS M

AG

NO

LIOPSID

A

25

7

flatte

ne

d, b

ec

om

ing

cu

rve

d and tw

isted

at m

atu

rity. Infre

qu

en

tin ric

h w

oods and wooded c

ou

lee

s

in

the

e, co

mm

on

ly pla

nte

delsew

here. Ma

y--Ju

n. h

on

ey

locu

st.

GYMNOCLADUS Lam

.G

ymnocladus d

ioica

(L.) K

och. T

re

es

up

to 30 m

tall. L

ea

ve

sa

ltern

ate

, bip

inn

ate

to decom

pound with

5-9

pin

na

e; le

afle

tsovate, 2

-7 cm

lon

g, w

ith acum

inate tips

. Flo

we

rs polygam

ous, interm

inal racemes o

r pa

nic

les

, pe

tals

gre

en

ish

; fruitin

g p

od

sfla

tten

ed

, ob

lon

g, 1

0-2

0 cm

lon

g and 3

-4 cm

wide, cu

rved

. Se

ed

sfew

to se

vera

l, embedded

in p

ulp

y tissue

; se

ed

coa

ts very h

ard

and res

ista

nt

to

bre

ak

ing

. Ra

re

to

infre

qu

en

t in ric

h w

oodeddraw

s alo

ng

the

Big

Sioux R

iver

in th

e e

. Ma

y--Jun. K

en

tuc

ky

coffee tree

.

77 FAB

AC

EA

Sthe B

ean Fam

ily

(Key to G

enera)1 P

lan

ts sh

rub

by, ra

rely

becoming tre

e-lik

e.

2 Flo

we

rs ye

llow

, in clu

sters o

f 2-3

; po

d about 2

cm lo

ng

....C

AR

AG

AN

A2' F

low

ers p

urp

le, in

racemes; p

od

less th

an

1 cm

lon

gA

MO

RP

HA

1' Pla

nts herbaceous; o

ccasio

na

lly woody stem

bases apparent.3 P

rinc

ipa

l lea

ves sim

ple

.4 A

nth

ers

o

f

2 fo

rms

, stam

en

s monadelphous; flo

we

rsyellow

CR

OT

AL

AR

IA

4' An

the

rs un

iform

, stam

en

s dia

de

lph

ou

s; flow

ers

with

purple pigmentsA

ST

RA

GA

LU

S3' P

rincip

al le

ave

s compound.

5 Le

afle

ts e

ven

numbered; te

rmin

al p

art o

f the

lea

f en

din

gin a

ten

dril.

6 Sty

le o

f flow

er ro

un

de

d a

t it

s e

nd

with

ha

irscovering th

e e

ntire

term

ina

l 1 m

mV

IC

IA

6' Sty

le o

f flow

er fla

tten

ed

at its

end with

ha

irs on

lyon th

e in

ne

r edgeLA

TH

YR

US

5' Le

afle

ts o

dd

numbered.

7 Le

av

es

with

3-5

lea

flets

.8 F

olia

ge

with

gla

nd

ula

r do

ts on

the

surfa

ce.

9 Pe

tals

5, p

ap

ilion

ace

ou

s.10 L

ea

ves

dig

itate

ly-fo

liate

PS

OR

AL

EA

10' Leaves pin

na

tely

-folia

teD

AL

EA

9' Pe

tals 1

-5, n

ot p

ap

ilion

ace

ou

sDA

LE

A8' F

olia

ge

lackin

g g

lan

du

lar d

ots.

11 Le

afle

ts w

ith se

rratio

ns.

12 Flo

we

rs in

racemesM

EL

IL

OT

US

12' Flo

we

rs in ca

pita

te clu

sters.

13 Fru

its s

traig

htT

RI

FO

LI

UM

13' Fru

its c

oile

d o

r sic

kle

-shapedM

ED

IC

AG

O11' L

ea

flets

with

en

tire m

argins.14 F

ruit a

lom

en

t, bre

akiiig

tran

sverse

ly into

indehiscent 1-

se

ed

un

its or o

f 1 u

nit.

15 Flo

we

r pin

k pu

rple

; fruit 1

to se

vera

ljo

inte

dD

ES

MO

DI

UM

15' Flo

we

r cre

am

t

o w

hite

; fruit

a

1seeded u

nit a

nd

a s

talk

LE

SP

ED

EZ

A14' F

ruit a

leg

um

e, lo

ng

itud

ina

lly d

eh

isc

en

tw

ith se

vera

l seeds.16 F

low

ers

in a

xilla

ry o

r term

ina

l gro

up

sor clu

sters..

17 Le

afle

ts 5

LO

TU

S17' L

ea

flets

3T

vn

au

la

16' Flo

we

rs in racem

es, in a

xils

OF—

Ieavesand s

olita

ry,

or

few

at th

e ends o

flong peduncles.18 S

tam

en

s dis

tinc

t; lea

ve

s

wit

hlarge, o

vate

stip

ule

s 1

-2 cm

wide.

TH

ER

MO

PS

IS

18' Stam

ens dia

de

lph

ou

s; stip

ule

s, if

present, sma

ller.

19 Ste

ms tra

iling

or clim

bin

g.

20 Le

afle

ts 5

, rare

ly as m

anyas 7

AP

IO

S20' L

ea

flets

us

ua

lly 3

.21 S

tyle

gla

bro

us

; ke

el

petal n

ot

stro

ng

lycurved....A

MP

HIC

AR

PAE

A21' S

tyle

pubescent; ke

el

petal stron

gly

curved.S

TR

OP

HO

ST

YL

ES

19' Stem

s no

t stron

gly

trailin

g o

rclim

bing.22 P

lan

ts ca

esp

itose

; flow

ers

in racemesA

ST

RA

GA

LU

S22' P

lan

ts with

up

righ

t, lea

fystem

s; flow

ers s

olita

ry to

few, a

xilla

ryL

OT

US

7' Leaves with

more th

an

5 lea

flets

.23 F

olia

ge

with

gla

nd

ula

r do

ts (d

istin

ctly

vis

ible

with

10x ma

gn

ificatio

n).

24 Co

rolla

papilionaceous.25 F

ruit fe

w seeded, sp

iny

GL

YC

YR

RH

IZA

25' Fru

it 1-2

seeded, no

t spin

yDA

LE

A24' C

oro

lla n

ot p

ap

ilion

ace

ou

s.