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Phaseolus polystachios

Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

thicket bean, wild bean, wild kidney bean

Phaseolus polystachios (Thicket Bean)
Image ID: 9366
Image by: Ware, Richard & Teresa
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: PHPO2
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Phaseolus polystachios
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2017-12-22

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: PHASE
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Phaseolus
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Bean
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 50-65 species, annual and perennial herbs, of tropical and warm temperate America (now widely distributed worldwide in cultivation).
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Isely (1998)=I; Maréchal, Mascherpa, & Stainier (1978)=Z; Freytag & Debouck (2002)=Y. Key based on SE.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: FABACE
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Fabaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Lindley 1836 or LEGUMINOSAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Legume Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 730 genera and 20,000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, cosmopolitan.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Isely (1990)=SE (throughout the family treatment); Isely (1998)=I; Lewis et al. (2005); Wojciechowski, Lavin, & Sanderson (2004); Wilbur (1963a); Robertson & Lee (1976).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

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.
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.
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: 6-20 ft. (long)

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb, Vine

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Trifoliate
LEAF RETENTION:

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY: Bilateral (Zygomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Jul-Sep
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BLOOM COLOR: Pink to purple
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FRUITING PERIOD: Aug-Oct.

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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
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GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id Project Collection date Collector Action
2751 NPMD 2022-09-15 Searles View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
4134 1992-0290 View
5636 1995-0760 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
6462 4134 200 NCBG staff 1993-03-01 View
8150 5636 204 NCBG staff 1993-01-01 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: PHPO2
USDA Common Name: Thicket Bean
Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), USA+ (PR)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Vine, Forb/herb

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Phaseolus polystachios
COMMON NAME: Wild Bean, Wild Kidney Bean
SYNONYMY: [= C, G, I, Pa, RAB, SE, Va, W, WV; > P. polystachios var. polystachios - F; > P. polystachios var. aquilonius Fernald - F; = P. polystachios var. polystachios - K, Mo, WH3; = P. polystachyus - S, orthographic variant; = P. polystachyus ssp. polystachyus - Y; = P. polystachyus var. polystachyus - Z]
PHENOLOGY: Jul-Sep; Aug-Oct.
HABITAT: Thickets, woodlands.
COMMENTS: S. ME west to OH, IL, and MO, south to s. FL and TX.
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Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Fabaceae Lindley 1836 or LEGUMINOSAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Legume Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 730 genera and 20,000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, cosmopolitan.
REFERENCE: Isely (1990)=SE (throughout the family treatment); Isely (1998)=I; Lewis et al. (2005); Wojciechowski, Lavin, & Sanderson (2004); Wilbur (1963a); Robertson & Lee (1976).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Phaseolus L. (Bean)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 50-65 species, annual and perennial herbs, of tropical and warm temperate America (now widely distributed worldwide in cultivation).
REFERENCE: Isely (1998)=I; Maréchal, Mascherpa, & Stainier (1978)=Z; Freytag & Debouck (2002)=Y. Key based on SE.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Phaseolus polystachios in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Phaseolus polystachios in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Phaseolus polystachios in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Phaseolus polystachios in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Phaseolus polystachios in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Phaseolus polystachios

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 9366 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 25012 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 25004 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 9366 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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