hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata (syn. Amphicarpa b.))—20 seeds (.50)

Description

—hog peanut
(
Amphicarpaea bracteata
syn.
Amphicarpa b.
)
—annual vine
—
Size
: 2-8’ tall by 2-6’ wide
—Site
: full sun to part-shade
—
To Propagate
: 30 days cold, moist stratification. Soaking seeds for 12 hours in warm water and directly sowing may also produce acceptable results.
Hog peanut is a native twinging vine which slowly ambles over nearby supports over the summer months, typically to a heigh of 36” though it can climb up to 8’. It’s pea-like flowers hang in cluster of 2-15 flowers. Flowers are a light pink, pale lavender, and occasionally white. Its trifoliate leaves are soft and thin with a pleasant light green color.
Interestingly, hog peanut also produces self-fertile flowers on low stolons along the ground. These flowers lack petals and produce a single-seeded fleshy fruit, sometimes becoming subterranean. For this reason, hog peanut may have the appearance of being a perennial though it may indeed occasionally act as a perennial. The underground fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or boiled to remove the hulls and eaten like a nut—for this reason hog peanut has been used in permaculture as a small-scale native edible. Native Americans used this nut as a minor food source. The seeds produced by the traditional flowers—the seeds we offer—can be used as one would lentils and are a good source of protein when cooked.
Hog peanut fixes atmospheric nitrogen thereby enriching the soil.
A pleasant vine which can be used to fill empty spaces, scrambling along the ground or over a small support
Note
: If you order more than one lot of one species of seeds, for example you place two orders of 100 seeds, or whatever variation is offered, we assume you want 200 seeds and your order will be sent in one seed packet.