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	Family Name:	Fabaceae
	Currently Accepted Name:	Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.
	Locality:	USA. Florida. Duval Co.: Sawmill Slough Preserve. 30º 16’ 34” N 81º 30’ 58” W
	Description:	Uncommon herbaceous annual or short-lived perennial, trailing on the ground and to ca. 35-40 cm [dm?] tall; stem pubescent; leaves alternate, trifoliate, the leaflets entire, ovate to lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, upper surface glabrous, lower surface strigose; flowers [inflorescence] axillary, flowers in terminal racemes, papilionate, deep red to purple, the wing petals longer than the others; fruit dehiscent, linear, several seeded.
	Habitat:	Disturbed edge of a slash pine [Pinus elliottii] forest; associates include Eupatorium leptophyllum, Mimosa strigillosa, Centella asiatica, Wahlenbergia marginata, and several grasses.
	Reproductive State:	Flower, Fruit
	Elevation:	38 ft
	Collector:	J. McGregor 3
	Date:	Jul 2011
	Accession No:	261238
	Image:	261238.jpg
	Plant Atlas Link:	Plant Atlas Citation

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