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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Clitoriinae
  8. Butterfly Peas

genus

Butterfly Peas

Centrosema

Traits
Includes
2 native 1 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Butterfly Pea native
  • Sentro present
  • Soft Butterfly-pea present
  • Pineland Butterfly Pea native
  • Centrosema plumieri present
  • Sagittate Butterfly-pea present
  • Centrosema macrocarpum
  • Centrosema arenarium

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Plant type
Perennial Vine Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native butterfly peas All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Butterfly Pea Centrosema virginianum caterpillars 5 food 1 flowers 13
  • Pineland Butterfly Pea Centrosema arenicola caterpillars 4 flowers 4

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