Butterfly Pea

Centrosema virginianum

Family: Fabaceae

Plant Description: Perennial vine with twining stems to about 10 cm long. Leaves trifoliate, with leaflets 2.5-5 cm long, alternate. Flowers peduncled, the upper petal 2-3 cm long, lavender or light violet-blue, strongly bilateral, pea-shaped.

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Occurrence: Common on sandy, oak woods along the coast; occasionally found in oak mottes inland.

Bloom Period: March-November

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