Apios americana is a slender, herbaceous perennial vine known for its edible tubers. Its leaves are composed of five to seven pointed leaflets. In late summer to early autumn, it produces fragrant, pea-shaped flowers that are pale brown on the outside and dark reddish-brown within.

Apios comprises a group of tender, perennial climbing plants known for their edible beans and tubers. Once favored in the Victorian era, these vines bear small, fragrant racemes of purple flowers.

Apios americana

Apios americana 'Nutty'

Apios carnea

Apios macrantha

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