Fabaceae - Pea Family

This list is based off of a E-flora BC family search. The source is cited throughout this website as [E-flora]

Leguminosae is another name for this family. (IAPT)(WFO)

Species

Name

Family

Status

Hazards

Edible

Other

Medicinal

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Acmispon Sp. Birds-foot Trefoil Fabaceae Native
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Anthyllis vulneraria common kidneyvetch Fabaceae Exotic
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Astragalus Sp. Milk-vetch Fabaceae Native
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Cytisus scoparius Milk-vetch Fabaceae Exotic
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Cytisus striatus Portuguese broom Fabaceae Exotic
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Hedysarum Sp. Sweetvetch Fabaceae Native
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Hosackia Sp. Bird's-foot lotus Fabaceae Native
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Laburnum anagyroides Laburnum Fabaceae Exotic
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Lathyrus japonicus beach pea Fabaceae Native
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Lathyrus Sp. Pea Fabaceae Native
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Lotus corniculatus Bird's-foot trefoil Fabaceae Exotic
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Lupinus Sp. Lupine Fabaceae Native
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Medicago Sp. Medic Fabaceae Native
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Melilotus Sp. Sweetclover Fabaceae Exotic
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Onobrychis viciifolia Sainfoin Fabaceae Exotic
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Oxytropis Sp. Locoweed Fabaceae Native
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Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust Fabaceae Exotic
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Rupertia physodes California-tea Fabaceae Native
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Securigera varia Common crown-vetch Fabaceae Exotic
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Spartium junceum Spanish broom Fabaceae Exotic
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Trifolium pratense Red clover Fabaceae Native
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Trifolium Sp. Clover Fabaceae Native
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Ulex europaeus Gorse Fabaceae Exotic
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Vicia Sp. Vetch Fabaceae Native
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Cultivation

Acidic Soil Remediation

"The globe contains large pockets of acidic and acidifying soils in important climatic zones, such as the temperate, Mediterranean, and elevated sub-tropical regions (Andrew, 1978). It comes as a surprise that there are few well-adapted and commercial perennial forage legumes for this edaphic niche, particularly where annual rainfall is low. As we have indicated, the premier perennial forage species for temperate zones is M. sativa, which is productive on fertile well-drained soils in the pH range 6-9. If M. sativa is not well suited to the farming systems on these soils, then species from the genera Onobrychus, Hedysarum or Astragalus offer many opportunities for commercialisation. Unfortunately, the suite of perennial legume herbs commercialised for acidic infertile soils in temperate, sub-tropical and Mediterranean zones is very narrow, and non-existent if rainfall is below 500 mm." [Dilworth NFLS]

"In selecting novel legume species for the acid and infertile soils of the world, we should perhaps initially focus upon legume species that form a symbiotic association with rhizobia from the genera Bradyrhizobium and Mesorhizobium, which have proven adaptation to stressful soils (Howieson and Ballard, 2004; Parker et al., 1977). A corollary to this is that, if we release new genera of rhizobia into agricultural soils, issues of inter-strain competition are probably greatly diminished." [Dilworth NFLS]

References