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Wild pea flower

Centrosema virginianum

Photo by Maria dB
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Field Notes

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

Reference Links:

Centrosema virginianum

Species ID Suggestions

Spurred Butterfly Pea

Centrosema virginianum

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Machi
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Aparajita (India)

Clitoria

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SukanyaDatta
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Comments (2)
Maria dB
Thank you for the ID suggestions, Machi and Sukanya. I do believe that it is the wild pea.
SukanyaDatta
On second thoughts Machi may be correct. The leaves look different.

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Flowers of the Southeastern United States
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Flowers of North America
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedJuly 19, 2014

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