Amberique Bean

Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott - Pea family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 10.0 feet

Plant Type: Vine, Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: White, Pink, Purple

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Amberique Bean: Apatelodes torrefacta, Thorybes bathyllus

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (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.