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Gleason, H.A. & Cronquist, A. (1963) Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada D. van Nostrand Co, Inc. Princetown New Jersey.
Perennial herbs. Leaves compound, imparipinnate with stipules. Inflorescence of long-peduncled racemes with small bracts. Calyx tube broadly campanulate; lobes triangulate, equal; standard narrowly obovate, tapering to the base; wings oblong to nearly linear, usually shorter than the keel. Fruit indehiscent, transversely segmented ultimately separating into 2 joints. Worldwide: About 200 species native to Asia, Europe, North Africa and North America. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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