Apios americana, Medicus
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Apios americana |
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1. A. americana Medicus View in CoL , Vorl. Churpf. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 355 (1787)
( A. tuberosa Moench ).
Stem 30-120 cm, glabrous or pubescent. Leaflets 3-10 cm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Racemes usually with more than 20 flowers. Calyx 3-5 mm; corolla 10- 12 mm, brownish-purple or pale purple. Legume 6-12 cm. Seeds c. 6 mm, dark brown. Cultivated locally in S. Europe for its edible tubers and sometimes elsewhere as a curiosity or for ornament, and occasionally naturalized. [Ga Ge It.] (C., 5. & E. North America.)
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Apios americana
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
A. americana
| Medicus 1787: 355 |