How to Grow and Care for Fuzzybean

Another name for amberique-bean (Strophostyles helvula) is trailing fuzzybean, and it originated from eastern North America. It gets its secondary name because it has hairy seeds. This hairiness is why it floats unusually well in water, and the plant has been fantastically successful in dispersing its seeds along the world's major aquatic routes.

Pink fuzzybean is a trailing bean vine that is related to the common bean plant. Pink fuzzybean is a hardy species that is known to take hold in regions where few other plants thrive.

The slickseed fuzzybean is a small, vining annual that self-seeds in the wild. Flowers are usually lavender or purple, but a few types might be white or yellow. The blossoms are attractive to bees and bumblebees, and the beans are eaten by cattle and deer.