Fabaceae
Creeping peanut
Arachis repens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Arachis
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Creeping peanut
- Portuguese
- Grama-amendoim
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Sigried, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Rogerio sts, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Fanti Salms, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Marco Silva, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Vitor dos Santos, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: victorlage, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.