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American groundnut - Apios americana This plant has fleshy tubers that were an important food for Native Americans. It also has small extra-floral nectaries on the inflorescence that are visited by ants.<br />
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Habitat: It was growing wrapped up with sumac along the edge of a meadow.<br />
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Habitat: It was growing wrapped up with sumac along the edge of a meadow.<br />
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American groundnut - Apios americana

This plant has fleshy tubers that were an important food for Native Americans. It also has small extra-floral nectaries on the inflorescence that are visited by ants.

Habitat: It was growing wrapped up with sumac along the edge of a meadow.

American groundnut -  Apios americana This plant has fleshy tubers that were an important food for Native Americans.  It also has small extra-floral nectaries on the inflorescence that are visited by ants.<br />
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Habitat: It was growing wrapped up with sumac along the edge of a meadow.<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69912/american_groundnut_-_apios_americana.html American groundnut,Apios americana,Geotagged,Summer,United States

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  1. So beautiful in both pics! Posted 6 years ago
    1. Thanks :) Posted 6 years ago

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''Apios americana'', sometimes called the American groundnut is a perennial vine that bears edible beans and large edible tubers. Its natural range is from Southern Canada down through Florida and West as far as the border of Colorado.

Similar species: Fabales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Nov 27, 2018. Captured Aug 19, 2018 08:20 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/166s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm