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Phaseolus polystachios

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns & Poggenburg

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Ontario - Canada
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• District of Colombia
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Maine
• Michigan
• Missouri
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• New Jersey
• new York
• Ohio
• Oklahoa
• Pennsylvannia
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• West Virginia - USA
• Puerto Rico

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Oct

Pubescent perennial twiner to 4m. Trifoliate pubescent leaves, leaflets to 100mm long. Slender axillary racemes or panicles of purple-violet or pink flowers, calyx to 3mm long. Falcate mucronate legumes to 80mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• USDA
• Botanicus
• FOSEUS