A native staple food of indigenous cultures across almost the entire Eastern U.S, Wooly Bean is a subtle vining plant that compliments most landscapes and soils with beautiful pink & white, pea-like flowers that transform into edible pods and seeds. The seeds, pods, and roots of this plant are all edible and it can grow in almost any environment with little to no aid. The dried seeds are much smaller than conventional beans, but contain around the same amount of protein along with even more nutrients. A truly passive food crop for forests and sandy edges where you normally wouldn’t find much food!
Wooly Bean or Trailing Fuzzybean (Strophostyles helvola)
•Dried beans harvested from brown pods are edible and are prepared the same way you would cook traditional beans.
•fresh young green pods are also edible
•Roots are edible
•Leaves should not be eaten, but have been used as a poultice by some indigenous groups to relieve poison ivy rashes on the skin
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