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Strophostyles umbellata
Vine Flowers are pink/purple; borne on a raceme; pea-like, keel petal curved strongly inward to enclose stamens and style. Leaves. Compound with three leaflets; alternate. Leaflets not trilobes (as are the leaflets of Stophostyles helvola). Often the terminal leaflet lies at a different angle/plane from the other two leaflets. Seeds borne in a long slender bean
In open area by lake shore.
Spotted on Sep 2, 2015
Submitted on Sep 3, 2015
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