Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Butterfly-pea from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clitoria mariana   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Clitoria mariana var. mariana

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Clitoria mariana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-42-001:

Clitoria mariana   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Martiusia mariana

COMMON NAME:
Butterfly-pea

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_clma4_001_lvd

        

JK Marlow    jkm0506m_19

June    Union County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Leaflets ovate or elliptic, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound

JK Marlow    jkm210626_1716

June    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Large flowers on stalks from the leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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 (Smith, 1998).

JK Marlow    s070830_i

August        SC

Clemson Forest

Fruit a 1-2.5" legume, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

Bill Stringer    wcs_clitoria

September        

JK Marlow    jkm061029_081

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

JK Marlow    jkm061029_089

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

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 (Smith, 1998).

 COMPARE Butterfly-pea species

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clitoria mariana var. mariana   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clitoria mariana   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clitoria mariana var. mariana

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Clitoria mariana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-42-001:
Clitoria mariana   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Martiusia mariana