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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Fabaceae
Apios americana Medik.
common groundnut, Indian-potato, potato-bean
Apios: Greek for "pear" referring to shape of tubers
americana: for America
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| Status: | Native - potentially invasive |
| Plant: | twining, annual/perennial, up to 7' long, herbaceous vine; slender rhizomes with 2 or more elongated tubers |
| Flower: | pink to brown, 5-parted, 1/2" long, either solitary or in pairs; inflorescence a dense, conical cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | linear pod coiling after opening, several seeds |
| Leaf: | pinnately-divided into an odd number (usually 5-7) of leaflets |
| Habitat: | wet to moist; woods, streambanks |
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