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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Climbing 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):
Centrosema virginianum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centrosema virginianum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-41-001:
Centrosema virginianum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Bradburya virginiana
COMMON NAME:
Climbing Butterfly-pea, Spurred Butterfly-pea
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_brvi5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090717_117
July
Stipules ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, persistent, 1.5-4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm100702_042
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaflets mostly ovate or lance-shaped but sometimes linear, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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JK Marlow jkm100702_047
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
The standard 2.5-3.5cm long, spurred near base; wings & keel about 2cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120727_899
July Spartanburg County SC
Calyx tube broadly hemispheric; lobes linear-subulate, the lowermost longest, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180716_3418
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180730_3614
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180730_3619
July Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_virginianum
August
Flowers egg-shaped to nearly round, usually a white spot in center, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
COMPARE
Butterfly-pea species
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JK Marlow jkm180924_4935
September McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm180924_4937
September McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm071027_032
October Abbeville County SC
Roadside
Fruit a flattened 2-5" linear pod, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm151017_472
October Columbia County GA
Leaflets widely to narrowly ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong to elliptic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s071027_a
October Abbeville County SC
Legume flattened, 7-14cm, with an elongate, persistent, beak-like style, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.