butterfly pea
Clitoria mariana
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Form
butterfly pea form
Habitat
butterfly pea habitat
Leaves
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Twigs
Bark
Flowers
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Fruit
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • ALTERNATE COMMON NAME: Atlantic pigeonwings
  • LEAVES:
  • FLOWER: pea-like flowers; large, showy, lavender-pink; usually solitary but occasionally up to 3
  • FRUIT: legume
  • TWIGS:
  • FORM: twining vine; occasionally erect
  • HABITAT: dry soil; open woods; thickets
  • WETLAND DESIGNATION: Facultative Upland (FACU): Usually occurs in non-wetlands, but may occur in wetlands of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Plain Region
  • RANGE: eastern US
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