Vegetative key to the families

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TENDRILS present on stem or leaves; plants climbing or decumbent
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Tendrils (modified pinnae) at the end of a leaf, or the tip of the leaf prolonged into a coil
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Leaves compound, the terminal pinnae modified into tendrils
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Trailing herbs with stems less than 1m long. Leaflets 2–10 pairs (Vicia) Fabaceae
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Stems several metres long, climbing. Leaflets 2–3 pairs Polemoniaceae