Biology:Phaseolus grayanus

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Short description: Species of plant

Phaseolus grayanus

Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Phaseolus
Species:
P. grayanus
Binomial name
Phaseolus grayanus
Wooton & Standl.
Synonyms[2]
  • Phaseolus foliaceus Piper
  • Phaseolus palmeri Piper
  • Phaseolus pedicellatus var. grayanus (Wooton & Standl.) A.Delgado ex Isely
  • Phaseolus pyramidalis Freytag
  • Phaseolus wrightii var. grayanus (Wooton & Standl.) Kearney & Peebles

Phaseolus grayanus is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.[3] It is a climbing vine native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.[2]

Description

Flowers of Phaseolus grayanus are pink and bilaterally symmetrical and may fade to a pale pink. Flowers have two banner petals, two wing petals, and two pale green or white petals that form the keel at the center. Dark green leaves are pinnately trifoliate with each leaflet being either broadly deltoid or lobed. [4][5]

Range

It is native to northern and western Mexico, and to Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the southwestern United States.[2]

Habitat

Ecology

Etymology

Taxonomy

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15477060 entry