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Phaseolus polystachios (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg. Section: Paniculati. Subsection: Volubili. Wild Bean, Wild Kidney Bean, Sacsac. Phen: Jul-Oct; Aug-Oct. Hab: Thickets, woodlands, seemingly declining. Dist: S. ME west to OH, IL, and MO, south to s. FL and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, FNA11.1, G, Il, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV, Isely (1998); = Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. polystachios – K1, K3, WH3; = Phaseolus polystachyus (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. – S, S13, Debouck (2021), orthographic variant; = Phaseolus polystachyus (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. ssp. polystachyus – K4, Freytag & Debouck (2002); = Phaseolus polystachyus (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. polystachyus – Maréchal, Mascherpa, & Stainier (1978); > Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. aquilonius Fernald – F; > Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. polystachios – F

Links to other floras: = Phaseolus polystachios - FNA11.1

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Perennial vine that trails and twines over other plants, found in thickets near streams, upland woods and disturbed areas.

Stems: Stems slender, angled, hairy.

Leaves: Leaves alternate; petiolate; divided into 3 smooth to hairy (especially below) broadly oval leaflets, each 1-5 in. longand with a pointy tip.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in numerous long-stalked racemes from leaf axils; pink to purple (sometimes white); about 1/3 in. long; resembling a typical pea-flower but with a very broad "banner" petal, 2 spreading "wing" petals and a distinctively coiled "keel" petal in the center.

Fruits: Fruit a smooth, somewhat compressed, curved pod.

Comments:

Height: 6-20 ft. (long)

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description: Perennial vine that trails and twines over other plants, found in thickets near streams, upland woods and disturbed areas.

stems: Stems slender, angled, hairy.

leaves: Leaves alternate; petiolate; divided into 3 smooth to hairy (especially below) broadly oval leaflets, each 1-5 in. longand with a pointy tip.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in numerous long-stalked racemes from leaf axils; pink to purple (sometimes white); about 1/3 in. long; resembling a typical pea-flower but with a very broad "banner" petal, 2 spreading "wing" petals and a distinctively coiled "keel" petal in the center.

fruits: Fruit a smooth, somewhat compressed, curved pod.

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