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Wild pea flower

Centrosema virginianum

Description:

It doesn't show up well in the photo but this flower was a lovely light purple/lilac color Also known as Virginian centro, wild blue vine and blue bell.

Habitat:

field near Jordan Lake

2 Species ID Suggestions

Aparajita (India)
Clitoria Clitoria ternatea
Machi
Machi 9 years ago
Spurred Butterfly Pea
Centrosema virginianum Centrosema virginianum


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2 Comments

Maria dB
Maria dB 9 years ago

Thank you for the ID suggestions, Machi and Sukanya. I do believe that it is the wild pea.

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 9 years ago

On second thoughts Machi may be correct. The leaves look different.

Maria dB
Spotted by
Maria dB

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Jul 12, 2014
Submitted on Jul 19, 2014

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