Index / Search / Phaseolus polystachios
§1 Plant
Phaseolus polystachios (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
vernacular thicket bean — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Phaseolus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 339 counties across 24 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 339 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Citrus 12017
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Gadsden 12039
- Glades 12043
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
Georgia view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Christian 21047
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
- Trigg 21221
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Greene 29077
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Monroe 29137
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Cumberland 37051
- Forsyth 37067
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Robeson 37155
- Scotland 37165
- Transylvania 37175
- Wake 37183
Ohio view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 17 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Buchanan 51027
- Charlotte 51037
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- New Kent 51127
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHPO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5350430 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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