Amphicarpaea bracteata
| Hog-peanut | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Amphicarpaea |
| Species: | A. bracteata
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald
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Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog-peanut or ground bean) is an
Description
Leaves have three leaflets and are held alternately on twining stems.
Flowers are pink to white and bloom from late summer to autumn. The flowers are either open for cross-pollination or closed and self-pollinating. The closed flowers may be above or below ground.[3]
hog peanut.[6]
Location
This plant can be found in eastern North America, as well as further west into the Midwestern region, including Indiana,[6] Illinois,[6] and Wisconsin.[7]
References
- ^ "Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald". International Legume Database & Information Service – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Amphicarpaea bracteata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.
- S2CID 7629519
- ^ "Amphicarpaea bracteata". Plants for a Future.
- ISBN 0-394-50432-1.
- ^ a b c Hilty, John (2020). "Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)". Illinois Wildflowers. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Flora of Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin–Madison
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amphicarpaea bracteata.
Wikispecies has information related to Amphicarpaea bracteata.
- "Amphicarpaea bracteata". Plants for a Future.
- Native Plant Database profile, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin
- Connecticut Plants, Connecticut Botanical Society
- Amphicarpaea bracteata in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
- Missouri Plants Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
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