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:Perennialvine 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 bannerpetal, 2 spreadingwing petals and a distinctively coiled keelpetal 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. DISTRIBUTION
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NATIVE RANGE: HORTICULTURAL
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SOIL MOISTURE:
Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE:
Sun, Part Shade, Shade
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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 SymbolsABOUT 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)