Index / Search / Macroptilium lathyroides
§1 Plant
Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.
vernacular wild bushbean — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Macroptilium
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- NAV Navassa Island Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 38 counties across 4 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 38 counties across 4 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 33 I ▾
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- DeSoto 12027
- Escambia 12033
- Glades 12043
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Manatee 12081
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okeechobee 12093
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MALA9 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2945063 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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