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Thicket Bean
Phaseolus polystachios
26 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
American hog-peanutAmphicarpaea bracteata
kudzuPueraria montana
trailing fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
Common BeanPhaseolus vulgaris
naked-flowered tick-trefoilHylodesmum nudiflorum
Lima BeanPhaseolus lunatus
white moldSclerotinia sclerotiorum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,865 |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 179 |
| Missouri | 149 |
| North Carolina | 130 |
| Kentucky | 121 |
| Georgia | 88 |
| Arkansas | 81 |
| New Jersey | 80 |
| Illinois | 78 |
| Maryland | 77 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Vine growth formListed by a harvested source as having a vine or climbing growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | beans · Phaseolus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Thicket Bean with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.