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Strophostyles helvola
Also called Annual Woolly Bean, Trailing Fuzzy Bean, Trailing Wild Bean, Wild Bean
Amberique-bean is a native North American annual or short-lived perennial trailing vine in the pea family, valued as a pioneer plant for disturbed, sandy ground. It grows easily in poor soils and in dry or moist conditions.
Strophostyles helvola, commonly called amberique-bean, annual sand bean, or trailing fuzzybean is a species of flowering plant in the legume family. It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States.
It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States. This bean grows in many habitat types, including disturbed areas, where it is a pioneer species, taking hold in areas where few other plants grow, and in several types of soil, especially sandy types, and it can grow in dry or moist conditions. It can often be found in seaside dune habitat, where arbuscular mycorrhizae help it withstand saline conditions.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
