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Groundnut [Apios americana]

Flower      

Common Name: Groundnut
Scientic Name: Apios americana
Colors: Green, Red
Months Appearing: August

Vine.

Dark red to "chocolate" colored pealike flowers found in leaf axils. Clustered.

Leaves: Compound, 5-7 leaflets. Pointed.

Fragrant.

At edge of White Pine Trail in Paris, Mi. Edge of woods.

August 11