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Common Name: Butterfly Pea
- Habit: Vine
- Light: Full Sun (5+ hrs. direct sun), Part Shade (2-5 hrs. direct sun)
- Water Needs: Average, Dry
- Height: 5-8′
- Flower: Pink, White, Violet, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
- Fruit: Flat legume pod full of seeds
- Fall Color: No
- Natural Habitat: Upland Deciduous Forest, Woodland Edge, Grasslands/Prairies
- Larval host for: Long-Tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus), Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades)
Centrosema virginianum is a twining, trailing vine with a delicate stem usually about 6′ long. Produces lavender to white pea family flowers for most of the year with the peak in mid-summer. The flowers are followed by a legume pod full of seeds. This vine is a nitrogen fixer, attracts numerous butterflies and other insects and is the larval host plant for at several species of butterfly. A great addition to a butterfly garden.
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| Natural Habitat | Grasslands, Prairies, Upland Deciduous Forest, Woodland Edge |
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| Light Needs | Full Sun (5+ hrs. direct sun), Part Shade (2-5 hrs. direct sun) |
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