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1 Peas and Beans - The Legume Family Ca5 Co1+2+2 A9+1 G1

2 Vegetative Features Leaves alternate, compound, with stipules
Some are twining vines Root nodules

3 Reproductive Features
Flowers with a banner, wings, and a keel Androecium of 9 fused stamens and one free stamen Pistil simple Fruit a legume or loment

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5 Economic Importance The third largest family of flowering plants
The second most economically important Source of peas, beans, alfalfa, clover Nitrogen fixation Source of indigo dye

6 nodules fix atmospheric nitrogen and make it available to the plants
Rhizobium bacteria dwelling in the root nodules fix atmospheric nitrogen and make it available to the plants lev70065_bx13_01.jpg

7 Amphicarpaea bracteata
Local flora Apios americana Ground nut Desmodium canadense Showy tick-trefoil Amphicarpaea bracteata Hog peanut Lathyrus maritimus Beach pea


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