North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Fabaceae > Clitoria (Butterfly Pea)
	Butterfly Pea, Atlantic Pigeonwings (Clitoria mariana) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 Fairly common statewide in NC in dry wooded habitats.
	Butterfly Pea, Atlantic Pigeonwings (Clitoria mariana) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 Scientists trained in their observational skills are usually able to figure out the source of the name of this genus.
	Butterfly Pea, Atlantic Pigeonwings (Clitoria mariana) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006
	Butterfly Pea, Atlantic Pigeonwings (Clitoria mariana) Dirt roadside edge of mixed woods in Korstian Divistion, Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 11 July 2013

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.