Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog Peanut
Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
Native to Arkansas (estimated). How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 1 Arkansas county.
Who uses this plant?
8CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR
Genus host records with ranges including AR · Amphicarpaea
- Epargyreus clarusSilver-spotted Skipper
- Brenthia pavonacellaPeacock Brenthia Moth
- Cecropterus bathyllusSouthern Cloudywing
- Pyrisitia lisaLittle Yellow, Little Sulphur, Lisa Yellow
- Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
- Telegonus cellusGolden Banded-Skipper , Golden-Banded Skipper
- Urbanus proteusLong-Tailed Skipper, Bean Leaf Roller
- Macrosaccus morrisella
5BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Amphicarpaea
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimNo records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- FABACEAE
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5T5? |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- Arkansas occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications