OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phaseolus polystachios var. sinuatus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Phaseolus polystachyus ssp. sinuatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Phaseolus sinuatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-44-001:

Phaseolus sinuatus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Phaseolus sinuatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Bean, Trailing Wild Bean


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image of Phaseolus sinuatus, Sandhill Bean, Trailing Wild Bean

Will Stuart    wil_p_sinuatus_267

August    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Flowers ~ 10mm long, the keel spirally coiled and splitting the wing petals, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Phaseolus sinuatus, Sandhill Bean, Trailing Wild Bean

Will Stuart    wil_p_sinuatus_269

August    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Phaseolus sinuatus, Sandhill Bean, Trailing Wild Bean

Will Stuart    wil_p_sinuatus_282

August    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Leaflets ovate or diamond-shaped, margins more or less sinuous, mottled, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Phaseolus sinuatus, Sandhill Bean, Trailing Wild Bean

Will Stuart    wil_p_sinuatus_289

August    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Radiating from a central point, stems are prostrate, unbranched, to 4m long, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phaseolus polystachios var. sinuatus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phaseolus polystachyus ssp. sinuatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Phaseolus sinuatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-44-001:
Phaseolus sinuatus   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phaseolus sinuatus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3126

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, especially in loamier, more mesic swales, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets (rarely 1)
Mostly alternate
Margins entire
Leaves are subtended by persistent stipules.
Leaflets are subtended by stipels.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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