Arachis Hypogaea

Jun, Jul, Aug

Annual, Edible, Vegetable, Annual erect or straggling herb ± 30 cm. long.

Annual

Orange-veined, yellow, self-polinating flowers are produced near the base of the plant about 40 days after planting and typically bloom July to September., Flowers axillary, apparently solitary and stalked; primary bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1–1.4 cm. long, 4–5 mm. wide, biapiculate; secondary bracts similar but bifid.

The peanut is a legume, not a true nut. The flower stems, once the flowers are fertilized, begin to grow into the soil where the irregularly ovoid seed pod develops. The seeds vary from oblong to nearly round, surrounded by a papery seed coat., Pods 2–6 cm. long, 1–1.5 cm. wide, the gynophore becoming 1–20 cm. long.