Centrosema virginianum Common Name (s): Blue Bell Butterfly Pea Spurred Butterfly Pea Wild Blue Vine Wild Pea Previously known as: Bradburya virginiana Centrosema virginianum var ellipticum Phonetic Spelling sen-TROH-seem-uh vir-jin-ee-AN-um Description Centrosema virginianum is a perennial herbaceous vine [4] growing procumbently or twining to a height approaching two meters. [1] [2] It has alternate pinnately divided leaves, 3 to 10 centimeters long. Leaflets are lanceolate or ovate, 1 to 4 cm long, [2] Stipules are often deciduous, and mostly setaceous. [2]
_MG_4873 Clitoria virginiana Willy Olivier Flickr
Centrosema virginianum Jump to a section: Classification | Citation | Source | Synonyms | Specimens Map | Photo Gallery | Browse Photos Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. View county names by placing the cursor over the map. Species Links The first thing that comes to mind is in a difference is one of the common names for each species - Clitoria Mariana is known by some as "Butterfly Pea", and Centrosema virginianum as "Spurred Butterfly Pea.". The photo below points out the spur that is found at the base of the petals of Centrosema virginianum. Butterfly Pea Comparison. 1 2 3 Diagnostic description 4 Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth., Comm. Legum. Gen. 56. 1837. Fig. 100. J-M Basionym: Clitoria virginiana L. Synonym: Bradburya virginiana (L.) Kuntze Slightly woody vine, twining, attainig 6-7 m in length. Stems slender, strong, cylindrical, finely pubescent. This species is accepted. The native range of this species is Central & E. U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a climbing perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food and a medicine and has environmental uses. Taxonomy.
Clitoria Virginiana
Clitoria virginiana Sun Exposure Sun to Partial Shade Foliage Deciduous Height 36-48 in. (90-120 cm) Spacing 9-12 in. (22-30 cm) Hardiness USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) Danger N/A Bloom Color Medium Purple Bloom Time Late Spring/Early Summer Other Details Category Vines and Climbers Lectotype of Clitoria virginiana L. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE] Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE] Isotype of Bradburya arenicola Small [family FABACEAE] Holotype of Centrosema virginianum var. cubanum [family FABACEAE] Lectotype of Clitoria virginiana L. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE] Filed as Centrosema pubescens Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE] Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Clitoria virginiana var. ovata DC.Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001382027.Accessed on: 20 Oct.
Clitoria ternatea efloraofindia
Clitoria virginiana L. [valid] Centrosema virginianum angustifolium Griseb. [valid] Bradburya virginiana (L.) Kuntze [valid] Clitoria amoena Roth [valid] Clitoria gladiata Schrank [valid] Steganotropis conjugata Lehm. [valid] Clitoria gemina Vell. [valid] 3 Legume Data Portal link for: Clitoria virginiana var. angustifolia DC. 4 The Plant List version 1.0, record: ild-12475 5 The Plant List version 1.1, record: ild-12475
Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth., Comm. Legum. Gen. 56. 1837; Clitoria virginiana L. Trepadoras; tallos delgados. Folíolos 3, ovados, elíptico-ovados o a veces angostamente oblongos o lineares, 2 7 cm de largo y 1 3 cm de ancho, ápice ampliamente agudo a cortamente acuminado, base redondeada, glabros, escasamente pubescentes en los nervios del envés, 6 8 pares de nervios primarios. Centrosema virginianum Jump to a section: Classification | Citation | Synonyms | Specimens and Distribution Map | Photo Gallery | Browse Photos Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county. ** Not applicable or data not available. Classification Citation
Clitoria ternatea (Blue Pea, Butterfly Pea) North Carolina Extension
CLITORIA AND CENTROSEMA. BY WILLIAM TRELEASE. A VISITOR to the Southern States in the early summer will notice among the most conspicuous flowers of dry, open wood-borders and fields, the two related leguminous species known to botanists as Clitoria rnarinza and Centroserna virginiana; the former a low vine, sometimes twining for a few feet up some Centrosema virginianum is a perennial, climbing plant producing slender, herbaceous stems 30 - 160cm long. The stems scramble over the ground and twine into the surrounding vegetation [ , 375. ]. In Puerto Rico the plant is described as a slightly woody vine, twining, with stems attainig 6 - 7 metres in length [. 648.
