Thicket Bean
Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. - Pea familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 12.0 feet
Plant Type: Vine, Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Bloom Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Thicket Bean: Epargyreus clarus, Pseudoplusia includens, Spodoptera eridania
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N)
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.