The Sonoran Desert Florilegium

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Phaseolus acutifolius var. tenuifolius
Tepary bean
© 2012 Susan E. Ashton
Pen and ink


Plate Descriptions

1.     Habit
2.     Flower
3.     Androecium and Gynoecium
4.     Filament with anther
5.     Stigma
6.     Seed pod
7.     Opened pod showing seed
8.     Seed
9.     Roots showing nitrogen-fixing
        nodules
10.   Petiole detail
11.   Leaf front
12.   Leaf back