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Phaseolus maculatus ritensis (Santa Rita Mountain bean)

Synonyms: Phaseolus nitensis; Phaseolus ritensis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Phaseolus ritensis is a plant species native to Arizona, Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Nuevo León. Common names include "Santa Rita Mountain bean" (in USA) and "cocolmeca" in Mexico. It grows in forested areas in the mountains. Phaseolus ritensis is a perennial herb with a large woody taproot. It is a trailing herb with trifoliate leaves and pink to lavender flowers.
View Wikipedia Record: Phaseolus maculatus ritensis

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Vine

Predators

Colinus virginianus (Northern Bobwhite)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0