PLANTS Profile for Strophostyles helvola (amberique-bean)

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Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott
amberique-bean

Symbol:

STHE9

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N


Common Names:
	annual wooly-bean
	trailing fuzzy-bean
	trailing wild bean
	wild bean

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Photo of Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott

Strophostyles helvula

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Synonym Information:

STHE4: Plant Guide (pdf) (doc)

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Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott

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Synonyms:
Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott

	STHE4	Strophostyles helvula (L.) Elliot, orth. var.		trailing fuzzybean
	STHEM	Strophostyles helvula (L.) Elliot var. missouriensis (S. Watson) Britton, orth. var.

Distribution:
Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 3 species in Strophostyles

Classification:
Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Strophostyles Elliot – fuzzybean
Species	Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott – amberique-bean

Wetland Indicator Status:
Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott

Strophostyles helvula:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FAC+

FACU-

FAC

FAC+

FAC

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott

View species account and photographs from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/15/2009 06:24 PM MST