Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
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Scientific Name:<br />
Common Name(s):<br />
Macroptilium lathyroides<br />
Phasey Bean<br />
Height:<br />
Leaves:<br />
Flowers:<br />
Bark:<br />
Fruit:<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r:<br />
Treatment:<br />
2-4 feet tall<br />
3 leaflets per stem, oval to delta shaped<br />
Red to pink, three petal with many flowers per stalk<br />
N/A<br />
8-10 inch long hairy pod with 15-20 seeds per pod ( see picture)<br />
Used as cattle fodder world wide, and have been found at disturbed egdes<br />
and can move to coastal berms<br />
http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/landmanage/<strong>Exotic</strong>sGrant03/<strong>Exotic</strong>sMain/phasey_bean.htm<br />
Flowers<br />
Seed Pods<br />
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