Start Here Join My Mailing List Landscaping Plants Page Wildlife Gift Shop Support Me Resource Page Video Gallery Photo Gallery Reader’s Gardens Menu Start Here Join My Mailing List Landscaping Plants Page Wildlife Gift Shop Support Me Resource Page Video Gallery Photo Gallery Reader’s Gardens Search for: Spurred Butterfly Pea spurred butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) Spurred Butterfly Pea (Centrosema virginianum) Common Name: Spurred Butterfly PeaLatin Name: Centrosema virginianumFamily: FabaceaeHabit: A perennial vine that grows to about 10 feet in length.Leaves: Alternate, with three leaflets that are ovate in shape. Flowers: Lavender pink flowers appear mainly in the summer.Distribution: Hammock edges, pinelands, and sandhills.Landscape: In the home landscape it grows in part-shade to shade, with average to dry soils. Wildlife use: Butterflies and bees use the flowers as a nectar source. spurred butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) Next Article: Trumpet Vine Top of Page