NameThatPlant.net: Apios americana

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Apios americana FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about American Groundnut from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Apios americana FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-39-001:

Apios americana FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
American Groundnut, Common Groundnut

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Apios americana FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Apios americana FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-39-001:
Apios americana FAMILY Fabaceae

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Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: marshes (tidal and non-tidal), wet thickets, streambanks, bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: (3)5-7 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Brownish-purple/ Pinkish-maroon
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed broadly campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

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