Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
4CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC
Genus host records with ranges including SC · Strophostyles
- Apatelodes torrefactaSpotted Apatelodes
- Cecropterus bathyllusSouthern Cloudywing
- Telegonus cellusGolden Banded-Skipper , Golden-Banded Skipper
- Porphyrosela desmodiella
5BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Strophostyles
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
2Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Strophostyles
- Megachile integra
- Trachusa dorsalis
1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Strophostyles
- Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite
3AntsRecorded seed interactions
- Formica fusca
- Formica schaufussi
- Lasius niger
Beetles 1
- Coccinella 9-notata
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
Flies 9
- Drosophila varia
- Helicobia 4-setosa
- Metoposarcophaga pachyprocta
- Paradidyma singularis
- Rivellia 4-fasciata
- Sarcophaga assidua
- Sarcophaga hunteri
- Sarcophaga marginata
- Sepsis violacea
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
Other wasps 9
- Astatus unicolor
- Cerceris clypeata
- Cerceris kennicottii
- Chalybion caeruleum
- Leionotus vagus
- Oxybelus 4-notatus
- Philanthus punctatus
- Polistes variatus
- Zanysson aurinotus
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
Other insects 1
- Lygus pratensis
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
No records yet · Adult butterflies / moths
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Flower color
- White, pink or purple
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “White, pink or purple” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Life cycle · “Annual” · Minnesota Wildflowers
- Light · “Partial shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
- Soil · “Dry; Moist; Wet (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
Also known as
Strophostyles helvula; Trailing Fuzzy Bean; Trailing Fuzzy bean
Conservation status
| South Carolina rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| SC status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- tnky_atlas
- usda
- nc_flora
- South Carolina 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