Groundnut
Apios americana
Also known as: American Potato Bean
Edible starchy tubers — a staple food of Indigenous peoples. Fragrant chocolate-purple flowers; nitrogen-fixing.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- vine
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–15 ft
- Spacing
- 2–5 ft apart
- Light
- shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- red, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV