Biology:Amphicarpaea bracteata
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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 annual to perennial vine in the legume family, native to woodland, thickets, and moist slopes in eastern North America.[2]
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]
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
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 (ILDIS). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-15862.
- ↑ "Amphicarpaea bracteata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=AMBR2.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1007/BF00378611. ISSN 1432-1939. PMID 28310848. Bibcode: 1988Oecol..75..285J.
- ↑ "Amphicarpaea bracteata". http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Amphicarpaea+bracteata.
- ↑ Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Knopf. p. 520. ISBN 0-394-50432-1.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Hilty, John (2016). "Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)". http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/savanna/plants/hog_peanut.htm. "Archived copy". http://illinoiswildflowers.info/savanna/plants/hog_peanut.html.
- ↑ Template:Flora of Wisconsin
External links
- "Amphicarpaea bracteata". http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Amphicarpaea+bracteata.
- Native Plant Database profile, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin
- Template:Missouri Plants
Wikidata ☰ Q4748227 entry
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