Amphicarpaea bracteata

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Hog-peanut
Inflorescence
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Amphicarpaea
Species:
A. bracteata
Binomial name
Amphicarpaea bracteata
(L.) Fernald
Synonyms[1]

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  • Falcata comosa (L.) Kuntze
  • Glycine bracteata L. (basionym)

Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog-peanut or ground bean) is an annual to perennial vine in the legume family, native to woodland, thickets, and moist slopes in eastern North America.[2]

Description[edit]

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]

Seeds from open flowers are held in a flat pod, pointed at both ends, that dries when mature and twists to release the seeds. Seeds from closed flowers are held in round pods with a single seed each. The roots and the cooked seeds from under the ground are edible.[4][5] The seeds which become subterranean from flowers on stolons give it the name hog peanut.[6]

Location[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald". International Legume Database & Information Service – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Amphicarpaea bracteata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.
  3. ^ Trapp, E. Joseph; Hendrix, Stephen D. (March 1988), "Consequences of a mixed reproductive system in the hog peanut, Amphicarpaea bracteata, (Fabaceae)", Oecologia, 75 (2): 285–290, Bibcode:1988Oecol..75..285J, doi:10.1007/BF00378611, ISSN 1432-1939, PMID 28310848, S2CID 7629519
  4. ^ "Amphicarpaea bracteata". Plants for a Future.
  5. ^ Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985) [1979]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Knopf. p. 520. ISBN 0-394-50432-1.
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ Flora of Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin–Madison

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