North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Fabaceae > Strophostyles (bean)

Trailing Fuzzybean, Annual Sand Bean, Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvula) Trailing Fuzzybean, Annual Sand Bean, Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvula)
Dare Co., NC
11 Nov 2006

Statewide and common in dry sandy habitats including dunes along the immediate coast, where this individual was growing.

Trailing Fuzzybean, Annual Sand Bean, Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvula) Trailing Fuzzybean, Annual Sand Bean, Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvula)
Dare Co., NC
11 Nov 2006

Trailing Fuzzybean, Annual Sand Bean, Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvula) Trailing Fuzzybean, Annual Sand Bean, Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvula)
Dare Co., NC
11 Nov 2006


Pink Fuzzybean, Perennial Sand Bean (Strophostyles umbellata) Pink Fuzzybean, Perennial Sand Bean (Strophostyles umbellata)
Orange Co., NC
7 Sep 2006

Common statewide in NC in disturbed areas in dry woods.

Pink Fuzzybean, Perennial Sand Bean (Strophostyles umbellata) Pink Fuzzybean, Perennial Sand Bean (Strophostyles umbellata)
Orange Co., NC
7 Sep 2006

Pink Fuzzybean, Perennial Sand Bean (Strophostyles umbellata) Pink Fuzzybean, Perennial Sand Bean (Strophostyles umbellata)
Orange Co., NC
7 Sep 2006

Pink Fuzzybean, Perennial Sand Bean (Strophostyles umbellata)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
3 Aug 2019
Pink Fuzzybean, Perennial Sand Bean (Strophostyles umbellata)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
21 July 2019
Pink Fuzzybean, Perennial Sand Bean (Strophostyles umbellata)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
21 July 2019
Pink Fuzzybean, Perennial Sand Bean (Strophostyles umbellata)
Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
21 July 2019


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


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