Pea family
FABACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Arachis hypogaea Peanuts Magnetic Island, February 2008 Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson	Daviesia villifera Prickly Pea Wyee, February 2007	Dillwynia species Eggs & Bacon Pea Wyee, October 2007	Erythrina crista-galli Coral Tree Sydney, November 2006
Erythrina variegata Tiger Claw Sydney, August 2006	Genista species Broom Sydney, September 2006	Glycine clandestina Twining Glycine Wyee, February 2007	Hardenbergia violacea Purple Coral Pea Sydney, August 2006
Indigofera australis Austral Indigo Canberra, September 2007	Lathyrus odoratus Sweet Pea Sydney, September 2006	Macroptilium latropurpureum Siratro North-eastern New South Wales, January 1992	Macroptilium lathyroides Phasey Bean Landsborough, Queensland, January 1992
Medicago lupulina Tiny Yellow Clover Sydney, August 2006	Medicago sativa Lucerne Wyee, January 2008	Mirbelia rubiifolia Heathy Mirbelia Wyee, September 2008	Pisum sativum Garden Pea Sydney, August 2006
Platylobium obtusangulum Common Flat Pea Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust Concord, October 2007	Spartium junceum Spanish Broom Sydney, August 2006	Strongylodon macrobotrys Jade Vine Bundaberg Photo: courtesy of Joan Tyson
Trifolium repens White Clover Sydney, August 2006	Vicia faba Broad Beans Sydney, August 2006	Vigna caracalla Corkscrew Vine Sydney, April 2008	Vigna sesquipedalis Snake Beans Sydney, August 2006

Wisteria sinensis Wisteria Sydney, September 2006

Some caterpillars of Australian Butterflies and Moths favour species in FABACEAE for their foodplant, including:

Hasora chromus	Hasora discolor	Hasora hurama	Neolucia agricola	Famegana alsulus	Jamides amarauge
Eublemma dimidialis	Argina astraea	Creatonotos gangis	Utetheisa lotrix	Mocis alterna	Trigonodes cephise
Tathorhynchus fallax	Trigonodes hyppasia	Pandesma submurina	Nearcha nullata	Ithome lassula	Chlenias seminigra
Zermizinga sinuata	Aproaerema simplexella	Maxates centrophylla	Chlorocoma tetraspila	Adisura marginalis	Leucoptera spartifoliella

Athetis reclusa

Terastia subjectalis

Agathodes ostentalis

Capusa senilis