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Apios americana

GROUNDNUT

Category: Vines

Characteristics
Description

Bloom Color

Bloom Time

August, September

Exposure

Full Sun, Part Shade

Height

Soil Type

Moist Tolerant, Wet Tolerant

Hardiness Zone

4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Other Attributes

Edible, Fragrant, Long Island Provenance, Northeastern U.S. Native, Pollinator Attracting, Salt Tolerant

Apios americana

Twining herbaceous vine. Brown-purple flowers in dense clusters. Sweetly scented. August – September. Full sun to part shade, moist soil. Legume. Edible tubers raw or cooked. Our plants are Long Island native. Occurs throughout eastern N. America from New Brunswick to Florida. Zone 6, at least.

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