American hog peanut

(Amphicarpaea bracteata)

Overview
American hog peanut
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
           
 
Description
 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 24, 28, 29, 30.

 
  2/12/2023      
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Rosanae  
 

Order

Fabales (legumes, milkworts, and allies)  
 

Family

Fabaceae (legumes)  
  Subfamily Faboideae  
  Tribe Phaseoleae  
  Subtribe Glycininae  
 

Genus

Amphicarpaea  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata)

lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa)

 
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Amphicarpa bracteata

Glycine bracteata

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

American hog peanut

American hogpeanut

American hog-peanut

hog peanut

hog-peanut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Visitor Photos
 
           
 

Share your photo of this plant.

 
  This button not working for you?
Simply email us at info@MinnesotaSeasons.com.
Attach one or more photos and, if you like, a caption.
 
 

Luciearl

 
 

Although you see serrated leaf edges, that is from the plant that it is winding around.

 
    American hog peanut      
           
 
MinnesotaSeasons.com Photos
 
    American hog peanut      

 

Camera

     
 
Slideshows
 
 
     
     

 

slideshow

       
 
Visitor Videos
 
       
 

Share your video of this plant.

 
  This button not working for you?
Simply email us at info@MinnesotaSeasons.com.
Attach a video, a YouTube link, or a cloud storage link.
 
 

 

 
     
     
       
       
 
Other Videos
 
     
     
     

 

Camcorder

 
 
Visitor Sightings
 
           
 

Report a sighting of this plant.

 
  This button not working for you?
Simply email us at info@MinnesotaSeasons.com.
Be sure to include a location.
 
  Luciearl
August 2018

Location: Cass County

Although you see serrated leaf edges, that is from the plant that it is winding around.

American hog peanut  
           
 
MinnesotaSeasons.com Sightings
 
 

Afton State Park

Avon Hills Forest SNA, North Unit

Baker Park Reserve

Banning State Park

Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park

Buffalo River State Park

Bunker Hills Regional Park

Bur Oak WMA

Camden State Park

Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center

Cedar Mountain SNA

Cedar Rock SNA

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park

Cherry Grove Blind Valley SNA

Clear Lake SNA

Clifton E. French Regional Park

Compass Prairie SNA

Crosby Farm Regional Park

Crow Wing State Park

Crow-Hassan Park Reserve

Crystal Spring SNA

Des Moines River SNA

Dodge Nature Center

Elm Creek Park Reserve

Englund Ecotone SNA

Falls Creek SNA

Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park

Franconia Bluffs SNA

Frontenac State Park

Glacial Lakes State Park

Glendalough State Park

Greenleaf Lake SRA

Greenwater Lake SNA

Hardscrabble Woods / MG Tusler Sanctuary

Hastings SNA

Helen Allison Savanna SNA

Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie

Hyland Lake Park Reserve

Iron Horse Prairie SNA

Itasca State Park

Jay Cooke State Park

Jensen Memorial WMA

John Peter Hoffman Spring Brook Valley WMA

Kasota Prairie SNA

Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA, Kellogg Weaver Unit

Kilen Woods State Park

King’s and Queen’s Bluff SNA

Laible Woods

Lake Alexander Woods SNA, South Unit

Lake Carlos State Park

Lake Elmo Park Reserve

Lake Louise State Park

Lake Maria State Park

Lebanon Hills Regional Park

Leif Mountain

Lester Lake SNA

Maplewood State Park

Margherita Preserve-Audubon Prairie

Mary Schmidt Crawford Woods SNA

Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

Mille Lacs Moraine SNA

Mississippi River County Park

Monson Lake State Park

Mound Prairie SNA

Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve

Myre-Big Island State Park

Nerstrand Big Woods State Park

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Hoffman Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Rengstorf Unit

Old Mill State Park

Ordway Prairie

Oxbow Park & Zollman Zoo

Partch Woods SNA

Paul Bunyan Savanna

Pin Oak Prairie SNA

Prairie Coteau SNA

Prairie Smoke Dunes SNA

Quarry Park SNA

Racine Prairie SNA

Rice Lake Savanna SNA

Rice Lake State Park

Ripley Esker SNA

Robert Ney Memorial Park Reserve

Rockville County Park

Roscoe Prairie SNA

Rushford Sand Barrens SNA

St. Croix Savanna SNA

St. Croix State Park

Savage Fen SNA

Savanna Portage State Park

Sedan Brook SNA

Seven Springs WMA

Sheepberry Fen

Shooting Star Prairie SNA

Sibley State Park

Spring Creek Prairie SNA

Springbrook Nature Center

Staffanson Prairie

Tribute WMA

Uncas Dunes SNA

Upper Sioux Agency State Park

Vermillion River WMA

Whitetail Woods Regional Park

Whitewater State Park

Wild Indigo SNA

Wild River State Park

William O’Brien State Park

Wood-Rill SNA

Woodbury WMA

 

 

 

Binoculars

 

Created:

Last Updated:

© MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved.

About Us

Privacy Policy

Contact Us