NSIS: Florida Gardening with Native Plants


LEGUME FAMILY (FABACEAE)
Bird food Coral bean nectar: hummingbirds Insects attracted to necklace pod flowers: vireos, warblers Necklace pod nectar: hummingbirds Redbud seeds: many birds Wild tamarind pods: flycatchers, gnatcatchers, warblers Butterfly larval food: Ceraunus Blue, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Gray Hairstreak, Little Yellow, Variegated Fritillary Cassia: Cloudless Sulphur, Large Orange Sulphur, Orange Barred Sulphur, Sleepy Orange Sensitive plant: Mimosa Yellows Cat claws: Miami Blues,Large Orange Sulphurs Clovers: Little Yellows Sweet clover: Orange Sulphur, Southern Dogface White clover: Clouded Sulphur Dalea: Southern Dogface Gray nicker: Miami Blue Lead tree: Amethyst Hairstreak, Tiny Hairstreaks Leadplant: Southern Dogface Shy leaf: Barred Yellow Southern pencil flower: Barred Yellow Vetch: Orange Sulphur Wild Tamarind: Tiny Hairstreak Butterfly nectar food: Little Yellow Clovers: Silvery Checkerspot Sweet clover: Southern Dogface, Southern Hairstreak White sweet clover: Striped Hairstreak Dalea: Southern Dogface Leadplant: Southern Dogface Southern pencil flower: Barred Yellow Wildlife food: gopher tortoises, rabbits Redbud foliage: white-tailed deer Redbud nectar: bees

name	area	flower & fruit	season	other

Shy leaf Aeschynomene viscidula	NCS	yellow/purple	SpSu	a
Leadplant Amorpha fruticosa	NCS	purple, red	SpSu	s
Gray nicker Caesalpinia crista	CS	gray pod	SpSuFW	s
Partridge pea Cassia chamaecrista	NCS	yellow	SpSuFW	a
Bahama cassia Cassia chapmanii	S	yellow	FW	s
Sensitive plant Cassia nictitans	NCS	yellow	SpF	a
Coffee senna Cassia occidentalis	NCS	yellow	SuF	a, ta
Eastern redbud Cercis canadensis	N	pink-magenta brown	Sp SuFW	t
Rattlebox Crotalaria pallida	NCS	yellow	SpSuF	a
Dalea Dalea carnea	NCS	pink-rose	SpSuF	p
Globe headed prairie clover Dalea feayi	NC	pink, purple	SpSu	p
Summer farewell Dalea pinnata	NCS	white	SuF	p
White prairie clover Dalea pinnata var. adenopoda	NCS	white	SuF	p
Beggar's tick Desmodium lineatum	NC	pink	SuF	p
Coral bean Erythrina herbacea	NCS	red	Sp	p, s/t
Florida milk pea Galactia floridana	NCS	purple	SuF	p
White milk pea Galactia elliottii	NCS	white	SpSuF	p, v
Sky-blue lupine Lupinus diffusus	NCS	blue	Sp	p, ta
Sundial lupine Lupinus perennis	N	blue	Sp	p, ta
Lady lupine Lupinus villosus	NCS	pink	Sp	p, ta
Wild tamarind Lysiloma bahamense	S	white mottled	SpSu SpSuFW	t
White sweet clover Melilotus alba	NCS	white	SpSuF	b, ta
Sour sweet clover Melilotus indica	NCS	yellow	SpSu	a, ta
Blackbead Pithecellobium keyense	S	pink red	Sp Su	s/t
Cat claw Pithecellobium unguis-cati	S	black seeds	SpSuFW	s/t
Necklace pod Sophora tomentosa	S	yellow	SpSuFW	p, ta, th
Southern pencil flower Stylosanthes hamata	NCS	yellow	SpSuFW	p
Crimson clover Trifolium incarnatum	NC	crimson	Sp	a
White clover Trifolium repens	NCS	white, pink	Su	p
Vetch Vicia acutifolia	NCS	white	SpSuF	p, v
Florida vetch Vicia floridana	NCS	white-blue	SpSu	p
Ocala vetch Vicia ocalensis	C	white-blue	SpSuF	p
Sand vetch Vicia sativa	N	purple-white	SpSu	a

Codes:

N=north
C=central
S=south

Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter

a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine

i=invasive

ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans