Slickseed Fuzzybean

Strophostyles leiosperma (Torr. & A. Gray) Piper - Pea family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 6.0 feet

Plant Type: Vine, Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: White, Pink, Purple

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

Ecosystem Interactions

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

Larval Species depending on Slickseed Fuzzybean: Porphyrosela desmodiella, Thorybes bathyllus

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin
Regional Native Status: L48 (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.