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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 /> <br /> Habitat: Growing along a small stream that was running out of a boggy, mixed forest.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70907/groundnut_-_apios_americana.html" title="Groundnut - Apios americana"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/70907_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=9%2F4LGLnV6QrkE4KnS6ep0DzbZwg%3D" width="118" height="152" alt="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 /> <br /> Habitat: Growing along a small stream that was running out of a boggy, mixed forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70908/groundnut_-_apios_americana.html American groundnut,Apios americana,Geotagged,Summer,United States" /></a></figure> American groundnut,Apios americana,Geotagged,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge

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: Growing along a small stream that was running out of a boggy, mixed forest.

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 /> <br /> Habitat: Growing along a small stream that was running out of a boggy, mixed forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70908/groundnut_-_apios_americana.html American groundnut,Apios americana,Geotagged,Summer,United States

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The American groundnut

''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.

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

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Uploaded Dec 16, 2018. Captured Aug 25, 2018 09:20 in 3280 Franklin Ave, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/166s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.