Native legume (Fabaceae) germplasm of the southern Great Plains and western Coastal Plain being evaluated for potential domestication.
| Latin binomial | Common name | Source/Locationz |
|---|---|---|
| HERBACEOUS | ||
| Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene | Partridge pea | STN/NRCS-EKGPMC |
| Chamaecrista flexuosa (L.) Greene | Texas sensitive pea | STN |
| Dalea aurea Nutt. ex Pursh | Golden prairie clover | STN/NRCS-EKGPMC |
| Dalea candida Michx. ex Willd. | White prairie clover | STN/NRCS-EKGPMC |
| Dalea compacta Spreng. | Compact prairie clover | STN |
| Dalea emarginata (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners | Wedgeleaf prairie clover | STN |
| Dalea multiflora (Nutt.) Shinners | Roundhead prairie clover | TAMAR-Stephenville NRCS-EKGPMC |
| Dalea nana Torr. ex A. Gray | Dwarf prairie clover | STN/NRCS-EKGPMC |
| Dalea obovata (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners | Pussyfoot | STN/NRCS-EKGPMC |
| Dalea pogonathera A. Gray var. walkerae (B. Tharp & F.A. Barkley) B.L. Turner | Bearded prairie clover | STN/NRCS-EKGPMC |
| Dalea scandens (Mill.) R.T. Clausen | Low prairie clover | NRCS-EKGPMC |
| Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacMill. ex B.L. Rob. & Fernald | Illinois bundleflower | STN |
| Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G. Schub. | Nuttall’s tick trefoil | TAMAR-Stephenville |
| Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. | Panicledleaf tick trefoil | TAMAR-Stephenville |
| Galactia canescens Benth. | Hoary milkpea | STN |
| Indigofera miniata Ortega | Scarlet pea | TAMAR-Stephenville |
| Lespedeza stuevei Nutt. | Tall lespedeza | TAMAR-Stephenville |
| Macroptilium atropupureum (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Urb. | Purple bushbean | NRCS-EKGPMC |
| Neptunia lutea (Leavenworth) Benth. | Yellow puff | STN/NRCS-TAMAR-Stephenville |
| Neptunia pubescens Benth. | Tropical puff | STN |
| Rhynchosia latifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray | Prairie snoutbean | LSU AgCenter |
| Senna roemeriana (Scheele) Irwin & Barneby | Twoleaf senna | STN |
| Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott | Trailing wildbean | TAMAR-Stephenville |
| Stylosanthes viscosa (L.) Sw. | Poorman’s friend | NRCS-EKGPMC |
| Tephrosia lindheimeri A. Gray | Lindheimer’s hoarypea | STN |
| Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth. | Wild cowpea | NRCS-EKGPMC |
| SHRUB | ||
| Acacia berlandieri/Senegalia berlandieri Britton & Rose | Guajillo | STN |
| Acacia greggii var. greggii/Senegalia greggii (A. Gray) Britton & Rose | Catclaw acacia | STN |
| Acacia greggii var. wrightii/Senegalia wrightii (Benth.) Britton & Rose | Catclaw acacia | STN |
| Acacia rigidula/Vachellia rigidula (Benth.) Seigler & Ebinger | Blackbrush acacia | STN |
| Acacia schaffneri/Vachellia schaffneri (S. Watson) Seigler & Ebinger | Shaffner’s wattle | STN |
| Acacia smallii/Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn. | Sweet acacia | STN |
| Calliandra conferta Benth. | Pink mimosa | STN |
| Coursetia axillaris J.M. Coult. & Rose | Texas babybonnets | STN |
| Eysenhardtia texana Scheele | Texas kidneywood | STN |
| Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. | Anil de pasto | STN |
| Mimosa texana (A. Gray) Small | Texas mimosa | STN |
| Pithecellobium ebano (Berl.) Barneby & Grimes | Texas ebony | STN |
| Pithecellobium/Havardia pallens (Benth.) Britton & Rose | Haujillo | STN |
| Prosopis reptans Benth. | Tornillo | STN |
| Styphnolobium affine (Torr. & A. Gray) Walp. | Eve’s necklace | TAMAR-Stephenville |
↵z STN, South Texas Natives, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M Kingsville, Kingsville TX USA; TAMAR, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Stephenville TX USA; NRCS-EKGPMC, USDA NRCS, E “Kika” de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville TX USA.