OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amphicarpaea bracteata +   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Amphicarpaea bracteata +

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-49-001:

Amphicarpa bracteata   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Falcata comosa

 

COMMON NAME:
American Hog-peanut


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JK Marlow    jkm200602_5580

June    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm140816_747

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Leaflets ovate to rhombic-ovate, the lateral often assymmetrical, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Amphicarpaea bracteata +, American Hog-peanut

JK Marlow    jkm140822_949

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Amphicarpaea bracteata +, American Hog-peanut

JK Marlow    jkm140906_239

September    Swain County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm140906_252

September    Swain County    NC

Racemes from upper axils nod on slender peduncles mostly 1-6cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm140906_313

September    Jackson County    NC

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Roxanna Martin    rlm9109_024

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Racemes of 1-17 petaliferous flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_bracteata

September        

Calyx narrowly campanulate, tube 4-6mm long, upper 2 lobes united or nearly so, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Tim Spira    tps_abracteata

September        

image of Amphicarpaea bracteata +, American Hog-peanut

JK Marlow    jkm121027_868

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

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Dan Whitten    sdw_100623_amphicarpaea

October    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Legume from petaliferous flowers is flattened, olong-linear, 1.5-4cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amphicarpaea bracteata +   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amphicarpaea bracteata +   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Amphicarpaea bracteata +

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-49-001:
Amphicarpa bracteata   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Falcata comosa

 

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Herbaceous vine
Annual

Look for it in dry to moist forests, thickets, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Petiolule of center leaflet much longer than those of lateral leaflets

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purple/Lilac/White
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed narrowly campanulate calyx, the upper two sepals united making it 4-lobe
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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