Woolly Bean Breeders Mix

Strophostyles helvola Origin: Mid-Atlantic US Improvement status: Breeding population Seeds per packet: ~18 BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED Life cycle: Annual Woolly beans are the most commonly found wild native bean in eastern North America. They are often seen creeping along roadsides, railways, and other disturbed habitats, but in our experience are most common in sandy areas, especially in dune environments. Many plants demonstrate some salt tolerance. Woolly beans are perfectly edible either picked fresh or dried. Even the small pods, especially when young, can be eaten as little green beans. I like to harvest them for eating when the pods are as swollen as they can get, then shelling and boiling the fresh beans. It takes a while to get a substantial harvest, but when wild-foraged it's still some great free protein (they work well in the kitchen mixed with rice, replacing pigeon peas or black-eyed peas in traditional African and Latin American recipes). These seeds all c