Phaseolus polystachios (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg. Section: Paniculati. Subsection: Volubili. Common name: Wild Bean, Wild Kidney Bean, Sacsac. Phenology: Jul-Oct; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Thickets, woodlands, seemingly declining. Distribution: 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, POWO, RAB, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV, Isely (1998); = Phaseolus polystachios ssp. polystachios — K4; = Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. var. polystachios — Mo3, NS, WH3; = Phaseolus polystachyus (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. — S, S13, Debouck (2021), orthographic variant; = Phaseolus polystachyus (L.) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenb. ssp. polystachyus — 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; Dolichos polystachios Linnaeus. Basionym: Dolichos polystachios L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Phaseolus polystachios - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
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.
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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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