Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized beyond native range (but not Hawaiian Islands to date)
  
• Thorny stems/leaves
  
• Self-compatible (can self-pollinate)
  
• Persistent seed bank
  
• Tolerates pruning/cutting back
  
• Grows in varied soil types
  
• Related species are invasive

Low Risk Traits:

• Not a significant agricultural/environmental weed
  
• Not allelopathic
  
• Non-toxic to animals/humans
  
• Not a major pest host
  
• Requires full sun (shade intolerant)
  
• Does not form thickets
  
• No vegetative spread
  
• Poor natural seed dispersal
  
• Low seed production