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Fabales
A flowering stalk of yellow partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) in the eastern United States.
Herbaceous (nonwoody) legumes are especially common in temperate regions. While the Fabaceae family as a whole is most diverse in the tropics, woody species dominate those tropical habitats, whereas herbaceous varieties are primarily found in temperate plains, woodlands, and deserts.1