Fabaceae: flowers of the family
57 flowers on Phool that belong to the family Fabaceae.
Acacia
Shrubs and trees with golden or cream puffball flowers, native mostly to Australia
🇦🇺 Australia and 6 more · Wildflower
Sensitive PlantMimosa pudica
A touch-sensitive plant whose leaves fold up when disturbed
🇧🇷 Brazil and 8 more · Wildflower
Black locustRobinia pseudoacacia
A tall, fragrant-flowered tree native to eastern North America
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Flowering tree
LupinLupinus
Tall, spiky-flowered legumes grown for gardens, food, and soil health
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Wildflower
White cloverTrifolium repens
A low-growing, mat-forming clover with white flower heads
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Mimosa
A group of plants with leaflets that react to touch or light
Mimosa · Wildflower
Eastern redbudCercis canadensis
A North American tree with magenta-pink spring flowers and heart-shaped leaves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Flowering tree
Kaka beakClianthus puniceus
A New Zealand shrub with curved red flowers like a parrot’s beak
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 2 more · Flowering shrub
Bauhinia
A tropical tree with butterfly-shaped flowers in vivid colours
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering tree
Sydney golden wattleAcacia longifolia
A fast-growing Australian shrub or tree with golden flower spikes and bead-like seed pods
🇦🇺 Australia and 3 more · Flowering shrub
Silver sennaSenna artemisioides
A yellow-flowered shrub native to dry regions of Australia
🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Wildflower
Calliandra
Shrubs and small trees with fluffy, powder-puff-like flowers
Calliandra · Wildflower
Chinese milk-vetchAstragalus sinicus
A flowering legume grown in China as green manure for farming
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Jade vineStrongylodon macrobotrys
A tropical vine with long clusters of turquoise claw-shaped flowers from the Philippines
🇵🇭 Philippines · Climber
Saraca indica
Evergreen tree with orange to red flower clusters from Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 3 more · Flowering tree
NarraPterocarpus indicus
Tall tropical tree with yellow flowers and prized rose-scented wood
🇵🇭 Philippines and 7 more · Flowering tree
Persian silk treeAlbizia julibrissin
A small tree with pink, silky starburst flowers and fern-like leaves
🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Flowering tree
Butterfly peaClitoria ternatea
A climbing herb with vivid blue flowers used for dye, tea and soil improvement
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 8 more · Climber
BroomCytisus scoparius
A yellow-flowered shrub found wild and grown in gardens, now invasive in many regions
🇮🇪 Ireland and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Lespedeza
Shrubs and vines in the pea family, valued for soil and forage
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Wildflower
Common bird's-foot trefoilLotus corniculatus
A yellow pea-flowered wild plant found in grasslands and fields
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Lathyrus
A group of climbing and bushy legumes with colorful, often fragrant flowers
Lathyrus · Wildflower
Perennial peaLathyrus latifolius
A sprawling perennial vine with pink or white pea-like flowers
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Wildflower
Scarlet runner beanPhaseolus coccineus
A climbing bean with bright red flowers and edible pods and seeds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Genista
Shrubs and small trees with yellow, pea-like flowers called broom
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Wildflower
Pride of BarbadosCaesalpinia pulcherrima
A showy shrub with red, orange, and yellow flowers grown in warm gardens worldwide
🇧🇷 Brazil and 3 more · Flowering shrub
Common GorseUlex europaeus
A tough, spiny yellow-flowered shrub of Western Europe
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Hong Kong orchid treeBauhinia × blakeana
A purple-flowered tree, emblem of Hong Kong, grown for its showy blooms
🇭🇰 Hong Kong and 1 more · Flowering tree
Yellow Flame TreePeltophorum pterocarpum
A tall tree with masses of golden yellow summer flowers
🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree
Texas bluebonnetLupinus texensis
The blue wildflower that is the state flower of Texas
Lupinus texensis · Wildflower
Nootka lupineLupinus nootkatensis
A blue-purple lupine from North America, now widespread in Iceland
🇮🇸 Iceland · Wildflower
AmherstiaAmherstia nobilis
A rare tropical tree with large crimson flowers, once wild in Myanmar and Thailand
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 1 more · Flowering tree
Wisteria
Woody climbing vines with long, fragrant flower clusters
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Garden flower
Golden showerCassia fistula
A tree with long clusters of bright yellow flowers in late spring and early summer
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering tree
Chinese wisteriaWisteria sinensis
A climbing vine from China with fragrant, hanging clusters of spring flowers
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Poitea carinalis
A small tree with brilliant red flowers, native and unique to Dominica
🇩🇲 Dominica · Wildflower
Big Bend bluebonnetLupinus havardii
A tall bluebonnet from the deserts and mountains of Texas and Chihuahua
Lupinus havardii · Wildflower
American wisteriaWisteria frutescens
A climbing vine with blue-purple flower clusters from the southeastern United States
🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower
Golden wattleAcacia pycnantha
Australia's national flower, with fluffy golden blooms and sickle-shaped phyllodes
🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree
Senna spectabilis
A fast-growing tree with bright yellow summer flowers, native to South America
🇧🇷 Brazil and 7 more · Flowering tree
KōwhaiSophora microphylla
New Zealand’s bright yellow flowering tree with weeping branches
🇳🇿 New Zealand · Flowering tree
KōwhaiSophora
New Zealand’s iconic yellow-flowered native tree
🇳🇿 New Zealand · Flowering tree
Sundial lupineLupinus perennis
A blue to violet wildflower of sandy open habitats in eastern North America
🇨🇦 Canada · Wildflower
Silvery lupineLupinus argenteus
A blue-purple wildflower of western North American grasslands and forests
🇨🇦 Canada and 2 more · Wildflower
Spanish broomSpartium junceum
A tall shrub with rush-like stems and fragrant yellow flowers
🇵🇪 Peru and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Royal poincianaDelonix regia
A tropical tree with bright red-orange flowers and fern-like leaves
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 8 more · Flowering tree
Cockspur Coral TreeErythrina crista-galli
A red-flowered tree, national symbol of Argentina and Uruguay
🇦🇷 Argentina and 4 more · Flowering tree
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kōwhai: Andy McKay, CC BY 4.0, source
- Sundial lupine: Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 us, source
- Silvery lupine: Sarah Allen https://www.inaturalist.org/people/sarah1990, CC0, source
- Spanish broom: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Royal poinciana: Averette, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Acacia: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cockspur Coral Tree: Pablo Bombín, CC0, source
- Eastern redbud: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kaka beak: Danielle, CC BY 4.0, source
- Bauhinia: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sydney golden wattle: josh jackson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Silver senna: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, source
- Calliandra: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Sensitive Plant: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Black locust: Annabell Hormann / korina.info, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White clover: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mimosa: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jade vine: andrewholle, CC0, source
- Saraca indica: Linnaeus, CC0, source
- Narra: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Persian silk tree: Cmapm, Public domain, source
- Butterfly pea: Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Broom: Willow, CC BY 2.5, source
- Lespedeza: Photo by Miya.m, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lupin: Jean-Claude Echardour [CC BY-SA], via Tela Botanica, CC BY 2.0, source
- Common bird's-foot trefoil: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lathyrus: Sannse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Perennial pea: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, Public domain, source
- Scarlet runner bean: Mickaël Schauli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Genista: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0, source
- Pride of Barbados: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common Gorse: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Hong Kong orchid tree: Ianare, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Yellow Flame Tree: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Texas bluebonnet: Dave Whitinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nootka lupine: User:NancyHeise, Public domain, source
- Amherstia: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Wisteria: 3268zauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Golden shower: Delonix, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chinese wisteria: RedCoat, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Poitea carinalis: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, source
- Big Bend bluebonnet: Adbar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- American wisteria: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Golden wattle: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Senna spectabilis: Leandro R. M. de Marco, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kōwhai: Unknown author, Public domain, source