| Plant Habit: | Vine |
| Life cycle: | Other |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 11 |
| Plant Height: | 6 to 10 feet or more |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Other: Cylindrical, 2 to 4 inch long light green to yellowish-green legume like pods. Each pods contains sevaral seeds. |
| Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Other: Pea like blooms have lackluster coloring and may be pink to purplish or brownish-red. |
| Flower Color: | Other: Dull light pink to brown, lower lobes dark red, purplish-maroon to brown. |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Summer |
| Underground structures: | Tuber |
| Uses: | Vegetable Will Naturalize |
| Edible Parts: | Roots Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Cooked |
| Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
| Resistances: | Humidity tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Days to germinate: 10 to 30 days Other info: sees often fails to mature |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Root Division Other: Dividing tubers |
| Pollinators: | Bumblebees Bees |
| Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger |
| Miscellaneous: | Monoecious |
| WebTucker | On June 27, 2022 | Bloomed |
| Mielikki | From January 1, 2024 to March 23, 2024 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) Died in freeze. |
| Mielikki | On March 25, 2023 | Plant emerged |
| Mielikki | On February 23, 2023 | Miscellaneous Event Tubers purchased from Etsy. Planted tubers on 2/23/2023. |
