Wild Bean is a twining vine with pink to purple flowers and bean-like pods. It grows in sandy soils and open areas and provides food for wildlife. The seeds are edible and were traditionally used by Native American tribes. Inputs Hardiness zone 61 Hardiness zone 71 Hardiness zone 81 Hardiness zone 91 Type Vine Perennial Functions Nitrogen fixer2 Insect shelter1 Footnotes Strophostyles umbellata - Pink fuzzybean, Perennial wild bean | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-3 ↩