NameThatPlant.net: Phaseolus polystachios

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phaseolus polystachios FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Wild Bean from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phaseolus polystachios var. polystachios FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-44-002:

Phaseolus polystachios FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
Wild Bean, Wild Kidney Bean, Thicket Bean

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phaseolus polystachios FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phaseolus polystachios var. polystachios FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-44-002:
Phaseolus polystachios FAMILY Fabaceae

2672

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: Thickets, woodlands, seemingly declining, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets (rarely 1)
Mostly alternate
Margins entire
Leaves are subtended by persistent stipules.
Leaflets are subtended by stipels.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Flowers in loose, slender racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

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