Twining Snoutbean – Identification

Q: Can you identify this weed? This is in a pasture near Chatsworth, Ga.

A: Sharp-eyed native plant identification expert Shannon Pable says it is twining snoutbean, also known as hairy snoutbean, Rhynchosia tomentosa.

(Save these names for the next time someone cuts you off in traffic!).

It’s a native plant, closely related to soybean, and other beans.

Snoutbean

Snoutbean – Kentucky

twining snoutbean

twining snoutbean

twining snoutbean

twining snoutbean

twining snoutbean

twining snoutbean

 

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