Potato Bean

Name

Potato Bean

Scientific name

Apios tuberosa

Type

herbarium sheet

Creator

Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation

Spatial Coverage

Canada
Walpole Island, Ontario

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

1933-07-11

Description

Pressed specimen of Potato Bean (Apios tuberosa) collected along fences on east side of Sturgeon's house. There were several vines, some with five leaflets and some with seven. None were in flower. Collected 7/12/33. Sturgeon knew that they were formerly used for food, but knew nothing of the preparation (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 5).

Identifier

UMMAA 13969 (tubers)

Collector

Volney Jones

UM holding institution

Museum of Anthropological Archaeology