<i>Amorpha fruticosa</i> flowers. Note that unlike most other plants of the bean/legume family this one's flowers only have one petal. Usually a bean flower has a large "standard", two "wings" and two "keel" petals. Here, only the large standard petal is developed.
Jim Conrad
2008-08-04
<p>JIM CONRAD'S NATURALIST NEWSLETTER. Written and issued from the woods edge near Natchez, Mississippi, USA
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