Amphicarpaea bracteata
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| Hog-peanut | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiospermae |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Amphicarpaea |
| Species: | A. bracteata |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald |
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Amphicarpaea bracteata (Hog-peanut) is a plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a herbaceous plant with alternate, trifoliate leaves, and twining stems. The flowers are pink, borne in late summer. It is native to most of eastern North America.[1]
It can reproduce either by flowers which open and are pollinated, or by cleistogamous flowers (which develop into seeds without opening, following self-pollination). The cleistogamous flowers can be above ground or below ground.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald, USDA PLANTS
- ^ "Consequences of a mixed reproductive system in the hog peanut, Amphicarpaea bracteata, (Fabaceae)", Oecologia 75 (2): 285–290, March, 1988, doi:, ISSN 1432-1939
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