Thicket Bean

Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. - Pea family

Size

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.