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Summary

Physical Characteristics

Strophostyles umbellata is a PERENNIAL CLIMBER growing to 1 m (3ft 3in) by 1 m (3ft 3in) at a fast rate.
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 7.
It can fix Nitrogen.
It is noted for attracting wildlife.
Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers dry or moist soil.

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Synonyms

Glycine umbellata Willd. Phaseolus umbellatus Britton. S. umbellata var. paludigena Fernald. S. umbellata var. umbellata

Plant Habitats

Edible Uses

None Known

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Medicinal Uses

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None known

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Other Uses

Nitrogen fixer. Invertebrates shelter: beneficial for insects and other arthropods [1-2].

Special Uses

Attracts Wildlife Food Forest Nitrogen Fixer

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Cultivation details

A perennial herbaceous climbing vine. Prefers light (sandy) to medium soils in semi-shade to full sun conditions. A dry to moist soil. For polyculture design as well as the above-ground architecture (form - tree, shrub etc. and size shown above) information on the habit and root pattern is also useful and given here if available. Herbaceous. Growth habit is a single or multiple shooting vine from a crown [1-2].

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Plant Propagation

From seed- direct sow outdoors in fall. Self-sows freely.

Other Names

If available other names are mentioned here

Pink fuzzybean ,perennial wild bean, perennial woolly bean

Native Range

NORTHERN AMERICA: United States (Indiana, New Jersey, New York (southeast), Ohio, Pennsylvania (s. & w.), Rhode Island, West Virginia, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (east), Missouri, Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas (east))

Weed Potential

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None Known

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status : Not Listed.

Related Plants

Latin Name	Common Name	Habit	Height	Hardiness	Growth	Soil	Shade	Moisture	Edible	Medicinal	Other

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

Strophostyles umbellata - (Willd.) Britton