subtribe
Phaseolinae
Phaseolinae
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native Phaseolinae All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Thicket Bean
Phaseolus polystachios
keystone
caterpillars
37
food
6
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Slimjim Bean
Phaseolus filiformis
keystone
caterpillars
35
hosts
1
food
4
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Boerne Bean
Phaseolus texensis
caterpillars
28
food
3
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Tepary Bean
Phaseolus acutifolius
keystone
caterpillars
25
food
2
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Gray's Bean
Phaseolus grayanus
caterpillars
19
food
2
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Wild Cowpea
Vigna luteola
caterpillars
7
food
2
flowers
23
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Slickseed Fuzzybean
Strophostyles leiosperma
caterpillars
2
bees
1
flowers
14
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Trailing Fuzzy-bean
Strophostyles helvola
caterpillars
1
bees
1
food
1
flowers
42
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Purple Bush-Bean
Macroptilium atropurpureum
caterpillars
1
flowers
2
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Wild Pea
Leptospron adenanthum
caterpillars
1
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Perennial Wooly Bean
Strophostyles umbellata
bees
1
flowers
11
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Variableleaf Bushbean
Macroptilium gibbosifolium
flowers
7
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Beach Pea
Vigna marina
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Hawaii Wild Bean
Vigna owahuensis
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Sonoran Bean
Phaseolus pedicellatus