Known and suspected Indiana hosts of Phakopsora pachyrhizi (soybean rust)
Compiled by Greg Shaner and Ian Thompson, Purdue University
Click here to download pdf version (without photos) - Updated 4/25/08

Indiana Kudzu Sites

Plants found in Indiana that are known hosts of SBR in other countries

Scientific Name	Common Name	Comments	Photo
*Canavalia ensiformis	jackbean / wonder bean	Reported in IL and MO.	Source: Tierra Fertil
Coronilla varia	crown vetch	Planted extensively to stop erosion on road cuts	Source: Flora of Shenandoah Project
Glycine max	soybeans	Major cultivated host	Source: Wisconsin Botanical Information System
Erythrina herbacea	coral or Cherokee bean		Source: USDA Plant Database
Kummerowia stipulacea	Korean clover	Introduced forage	Source: Delaware Wildflowers
K. striata	Japanese clover	Introduced forage	Source: USDA Plant Database
Lablab purpureus	lablab, hyacinth bean	Possibly cultivated as an ornamental	Source: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Lespedeza bicolor	lespedeza	Several species cultivated for forage; invasive	Source: Delaware Wildflowers
Melilotus officinalis	yellow sweet clover	Pasture; forage	Source: USDA Plant Database
Pueraria montana	kudzu (see below)	Primarily southern IN; invasive	Source: Chris Parker, Morgan County CES
Pisum sativum	garden pea	Cultivated; other species of Pisum may be susceptible	Source: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Phaseolus vulgaris	kidney bean	Cultivated; other species of Phaseolus are susceptible too	Source: Pharmazeutische Biologie
Trifolium repens	white clover	Weed in lawns; forage	Source: USDA Plant Database

List of potential SBR hosts found in Indiana¹

Scientific Name	Common Name	Comments	Photo
*Centrosema virginianum	spurred butterfly pea	Reported in KY and IL	Source: USDA Plant Database
Clitoria mariana	atlantic pigeon wings	Native; reported in IN, probably in south; rare	Source: USDA Plant Database
Crotalaria sagittalis	arrowhead rattlebox	Native; Deam places it in southern IN	Source: USDA Plant Database
Desmodium sp.	tick trefoil	Native; several species listed in IN	Source: USDA Plant Database
Lespedeza sp.	lespedeza	Several species cultivated for forage; invasive	Source: Northeastern State University, OK
Lupinus perennis	sundial lupine	Native; cultivated	Source: USDA Plant Database
Trifolium sp.	clover	Many clover species used as forage or cultivated	Source: USDA Plant Database
Vicia sp.	vetch	Several species cultivated as forage or cover crop	Source: USDA Plant Database

¹Plants listed are in same genera as known SBR hosts, but are different species.
* Species not listed as present in IN, but present in adjacent states
Updated 2/7/04

Kudzu information compiled by
Kenneth Cote, IDNR

For more information on kudzu in Indiana, please see the IDNR website.