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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Phaseolinae
  8. Bushbeans

genus

Bushbeans

Macroptilium

Traits
Includes
2 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Phasey Bean introduced
  • Purple Bush-Bean native
  • Variableleaf Bushbean native
  • Burgundy Bean
  • Supine Bean

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Plant type
Annual Perennial Vine Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native bushbeans All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Purple Bush-Bean Macroptilium atropurpureum caterpillars 1 flowers 2
  • Variableleaf Bushbean Macroptilium gibbosifolium flowers 7

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