Amberique-Bean (Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott)
Also known as annual sand bean, trailing fuzzybean, trailing fuzzy bean, Missouri fuzzybean, Missouri fuzzy bean; also classified as Strophostyles helvula (Misspelling).
Some authorities recognize two varieties, var. helvola (or var. helvula) and var. missouriensis. We follow POWO's scheme of not recognizing any sub-taxa of this species.
↑Range - Expand
Legend | Color |
Native | |
Native or Not Present | |
Introduced or Not Present | |
Native or Introduced |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Links & External Resources
• Strophostyles helvola (amberique-bean) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Strophostyles helvola | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Trailing Fuzzy-Bean | iNaturalist (About This Site)
• Strophostyles helvola | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Strophostyles helvola | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Strophostyles helvula missouriensis (Missouri Fuzzy Bean)† | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Strophostyles helvola | Missouri Plants (About This Site)
• Amberique-bean | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Strophostyles helvola (Wild Bean) | Minnesota Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Strophostyles helvola (L.) Ell. (Beach Bean, Trailing Wild Bean, Amberique Bean) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
Different Taxonomic Treatments
† Each of these links refer only to part of the populations covered by this page.