Amphicarpaea bracteata (Linnaeus) Fernald var. bracteata. Common name: Hog-peanut. Phenology: Jul-Sep; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Dry to moist forests, thickets. Distribution: Widely distributed in eastern North America but more common eastwards.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: {The distributions and habitats of the two or more varieties in our area require herbarium and field investigation}.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Il, Mi, NS, Callahan (1997), Parker (1996); Glycine bracteata L. = Amphicarpa bracteata (L.) Fernald var. bracteata — F, G, Tat, orthographic variant; < Amphicarpa bracteata (L.) Fernald — Pa, RAB, orthographic variant; < Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald — Ar, C, Can, FNA11.1, GrPl, K4, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, POWO, SE3, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Isely (1998); >< Falcata comosa (L.) Kuntze — S, S13; >< Falcata pitcheri (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze — S13. Basionym: Glycine bracteata L. 1753
Links to other floras: < Amphicarpaea bracteata - FNA11.1
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Twining annual vine found in dry to moist forests and thickets and along stream banks.
Stems: Stems slender, light green to reddish-green, hairy, sprawling over other plants.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate (with pair of small stipules), 2-6 in. long and divided into 3 oval to diamond-shaped, thin-textured leaflets, each up to 2 1/2 in. long and smooth to sparsely hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in long-stalked, nodding racemes of 2-15 from leaf axils; white to pale pink or lavender (often 2-toned), 1/2 in. long, tubular with 5 corolla lobes--3 ("wings" and "keel") projecting forward and an upper 2-lobed "banner" folded backward at the tip; the shorter calyx tube has 4 "teeth."
Fruits: Fruit a green pod, to 1½ in. long, containing 3-4 seeds.
Comments: A second type of closed, self-pollinating flower is produced on thread-like runners at ground level; these yield underground pods with edible seeds known as "hog peanuts."
Height: 2-8 ft.
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description: Twining annual vine found in dry to moist forests and thickets and along stream banks.
stems: Stems slender, light green to reddish-green, hairy, sprawling over other plants.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate (with pair of small stipules), 2-6 in. long and divided into 3 oval to diamond-shaped, thin-textured leaflets, each up to 2 1/2 in. long and smooth to sparsely hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in long-stalked, nodding racemes of 2-15 from leaf axils; white to pale pink or lavender (often 2-toned), 1/2 in. long, tubular with 5 corolla lobes--3 ("wings" and "keel") projecting forward and an upper 2-lobed "banner" folded backward at the tip; the shorter calyx tube has 4 "teeth."
fruits: Fruit a green pod, to 1½ in. long, containing 3-4 seeds.
comments: A second type of closed, self-pollinating flower is produced on thread-like runners at ground level; these yield underground pods with edible seeds known as "hog peanuts."
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