Common names:
Snap Bean (String
Green or French Bean)
Common Bean

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 4a
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Flowers
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Other info
Pollinators: Cleistogamous
Conservation status: Extinct in the Wild (EW)

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