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Clitoria

not marked as a favorite taxon Clitoria mariana Linnaeus var. mariana. Common name: Butterfly Pea, She-pea. Phenology: May-Jul (-Sep) chasmogamous, mid Jul-Nov (cleistogamous); (May-) Jun-Nov. Habitat: Dry woodlands and openings, roadsides. Distribution: New York (Long Island), New Jersey west to s. Ohio, s. Illinois, Missouri, and Oklahoma, south to c. peninsular Florida (Marion County), Texas, and South America; disjunct in s. Arizona.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Var. pubescentia Fantz is endemic in c. and s. peninsular FL (see below); a third variety, var. orientalis Fantz, is endemic in se. Asia.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K4, Mo3, NS, NY, POWO, Va, Fantz (2000), Fantz (2002b); < Clitoria mariana L. — Ar, C, F, G, GrPl, Il, K1, NcTx, Pa, RAB, S13, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, W, WH3, Isely (1998); < Clitoria mariana L. var. mariana — Fl3; < Martiusia mariana (L.) Small — S. Basionym: Clitoria mariana L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Clitoria mariana var. mariana - FNA11.1

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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native range: eastern & central U.S. & South America