Apios priceana

Classification	Dicots
Family	Fabaceae
Family (Traditional)	Fabaceae
Genus	Apios
Species:	Apios priceana B. L. Rob.
Common Name	Travelers Delight
Growth Habit	vine - forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; 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 Number: 5; Leaflet Number: 7; Base Flower Color: Pink; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Legume; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	10
Status	Native; Threatened-US; TN[S3] KY[S1] (State Rank); G3 (Global Rank)
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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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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

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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: Livingston (KY), Lyon (KY), Trigg (KY), Davidson (TN), Giles (TN), Hardin (TN), Hickman (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Stewart (TN), Wayne (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, MEM, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 2009

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0132625	Williamson	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132612	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132619	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132611	Hardin	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132624	Wayne	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132617	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132621	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132613	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
APSC0014476	Stewart	Tennessee	27 Jul 2001	Edward W. Chester 14411	APSC Apios priceana
APSC0041401	Wayne	Tennessee			APSC Apios priceana
APSC0014474	Giles	Tennessee	28 Jul 2001	Dwayne Estes 02711	APSC Apios priceana
APSC0087402	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Apios priceana
MEM012378	Trigg	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	MEM Apios priceana
31234100719614	Lyon	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	EKY Apios priceana
UCHT017573	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Apios priceana
APSC0041400	Hardin	Tennessee	23 Jul 2009	Andrea Bishop	APSC Apios priceana
APSC0014473	Trigg	Kentucky	16 Aug 1966	William H. Ellis 02383	APSC Apios priceana
31234100419355	Livingston	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	EKY Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132616	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132609	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132610	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132693	Livingston	Kentucky			TENN Apios priceana
APSC0087401	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Apios priceana
APSC0014479	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Apios priceana
APSC0014469	Trigg	Kentucky	14 Aug 1989	Edward W. Chester 89-622	APSC Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132618	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
APSC0040842	Marion	Tennessee			APSC Apios priceana
APSC0014480	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Apios priceana
APSC0014470	Trigg	Kentucky	05 Aug 1965	William H. Ellis 00722	APSC Apios priceana
APSC0014475	Montgomery	Tennessee	15 Jul 1949	Herman Silva & Alfred Clebsch 510	APSC Apios priceana
31234100419371	Giles	Tennessee		Dwayne Estes	EKY Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132622	Wayne	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132620	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132614	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
APSC0014478	Giles	Tennessee	28 Jul 2000	Dwayne Estes 00968	APSC Apios priceana
BRIT477200	Williamson	Tennessee		R. Kral	VDB Apios priceana
31234100419363	Lyon	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	EKY Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132608	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132615	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132623	Wayne	Tennessee			TENN Apios priceana
TENN-V-0132694	Lyon	Kentucky			TENN Apios priceana
UCHT017572	Wayne	Tennessee			UCHT Apios priceana
APSC0014471	Trigg	Kentucky	31 Jul 1989	Edward W. Chester with Suasan Holt and Bonnie Chester 89-500	APSC Apios priceana
APSC0014481	Montgomery	Tennessee	21 Jul 1979	Edward W. Chester 4130	APSC Apios priceana
APSC0087393	Lyon	Kentucky			APSC Apios priceana
MEM005195	Lyon	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	MEM Apios priceana
MEM004938	Lyon	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	MEM Apios priceana
MEM005707	Livingston	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	MEM Apios priceana
APSC0014477	Hickman	Tennessee	28 Jul 2006	Andrea Shea Bishop	APSC Apios priceana
APSC0014472	Stewart	Tennessee	29 Jul 1997	Edward W. Chester with Gail O'Neal & Keri Denley 13198	APSC Apios priceana
"BRIT 477199"	Marion	Tennessee		R. Kral	VDB Apios priceana
MEM001058	Lyon	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	MEM Apios priceana

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