Phaseolus polystachios

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family (Traditional)Fabaceae
GenusPhaseolus
Species:Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Common NameBeanvine; Thicket Bean; Wild Bean
Growth Habitvine - forb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 3; Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: Purple; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Legume; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 13+; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 10
C value 8
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S4S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Phaseolus perennis Phaseolus perennis
Phaseolus polystachyus Phaseolus polystachyus

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Barren (KY), Calloway (KY), Clinton (KY), Estill (KY), Floyd (KY), Garrard (KY), Kenton (KY), Laurel (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Menifee (KY), Pike (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Spencer (KY), Trigg (KY), Anderson (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Cheatham (TN), Clay (TN), Davidson (TN), Dickson (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Knox (TN), Lewis (TN), Madison (TN), Marion (TN), Morgan (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Unicoi (TN), Wayne (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 2014

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100444346 Clinton Kentucky 07 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-474
EKY
Phaseolus polystachios
BEREA014537 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133136 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133162 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133138 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133148 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133153 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133142 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0102356 Estill Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0017045 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0104492 Estill Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0017050 Dickson Tennessee
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0017049 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0091625 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
31234100444387 Trigg Kentucky 17 Aug 1976 Raymond Athey
3584
EKY
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133145 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133181 Trigg Kentucky
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133143 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133171 Trigg Kentucky
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133154 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
UCHT017647 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachyus
UCHT017639 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachyus
APSC0017044 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0105413 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
UCHT040465 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachios
MEM005198 McCracken Kentucky 27 Aug 1968 Raymond Athey
406
MEM
Phaseolus polystachios
31234100444395 Pike Kentucky 14 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9272
EKY
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133137 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133172 Trigg Kentucky
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
UCHT017653 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachyus
UCHT017649 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachyus
APSC0105414 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0101156 Floyd Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
HTTU004625 Roane Tennessee
HTTU
Phaseolus polystachyus
ETSU017068 Unicoi Tennessee 10 Aug 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Phaseolus polystachios
31234100444312 Anderson Kentucky 17 Aug 1955 Mary E. Wharton
EKY
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133157 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133141 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133144 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133135 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
UCHT017644 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachyus
UCHT017650 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachyus
UCHT017652 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachyus
APSC0017946 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0098558 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0017047 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0105412 Anderson Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0017042 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
31234100716685 Estill Kentucky 14 Oct 1988 Julian Campbell
EKY
Phaseolus polystachios
31234100444379 Trigg Kentucky 25 Jun 1976 Raymond Athey
3440
EKY
Phaseolus polystachios
31234100444361 McCreary Kentucky 04 Aug 1996 James D. Kiser
439
EKY
Phaseolus polystachios
BEREA014536 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Phaseolus polystachios
31973000013120 Rowan Kentucky
KNK
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133147 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133140 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133139 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0098557 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0067947 Clay Tennessee
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0077360 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0243962 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
31234100768595 Menifee Kentucky 14 Aug 1979 Johnny Faulkner
310
EKY
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133163 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133158 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133161 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133149 Lewis Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
ucht017642 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachyus
UCHT017646 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachyus
APSC0105411 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0017046 Stewart Tennessee 21 Jul 1987 Edward Chester
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
MEM005197 Lyon Kentucky 03 Jul 1968 Raymond Athey
327
MEM
Phaseolus polystachios
31973000013119 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133152 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133156 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
UCHT017645 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachyus
ucht017641 Wayne Tennessee
UCHT
Phaseolus polystachyus
APSC0098560 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
MEM000738 Shelby Tennessee 06 Oct 1963 T.L. Jackson
66
MEM
Phaseolus polystachios
MEM009794 Shelby Tennessee 28 Aug 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
444
MEM
Phaseolus polystachios
UOS02869 Franklin Tennessee 11 Sep 2012 Jon Evans
UOS
Phaseolus polystachios
31234100444320 Barren Kentucky 31 Jul 1979 George P. Johnson
910
EKY
Phaseolus polystachios
31234100444353 Garrard Kentucky 28 Aug 2011 W. W. Overbeck
1424
EKY
Phaseolus polystachios
31234100444338 Calloway Kentucky 25 Jul 1982 Michael Woods
863
EKY
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133155 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133159 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133150 Madison Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133160 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
TENN-V-0133151 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0017043 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
APSC0098559 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Phaseolus polystachios
MEM006316 Calloway Kentucky 27 Jul 1973 Raymond Athey
2437
MEM
Phaseolus polystachios
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Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Tara Littlefield
Phaseolus polystachios - Theo Witsell
Phaseolus polystachios - Theo Witsell
Phaseolus polystachios - Theo Witsell
Phaseolus polystachios - Theo Witsell
Phaseolus polystachios - Theo Witsell
Phaseolus polystachios - Theo Witsell