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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Butterfly-pea from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clitoria mariana var. mariana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clitoria mariana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-42-001:
Clitoria mariana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Butterfly-pea
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_clma4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0506m_19
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Leaflets ovate or elliptic, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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JK Marlow jkm0506m_20
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Large flowers on stalks from the leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm100702_142
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
The calyx has a long tube and shorter lobes (vs. the opposite in Centrosema), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow s070830_i
August SC
Clemson Forest
Fruit a 1-2.5" legume, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Bill Stringer wcs_clitoria
September
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JK Marlow jkm061029_081
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm061029_089
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clitoria_mariana_6
October
The standard up to 2" high, the wings & keel much smaller, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Butterfly-pea species