Index / Search / Centrosema virginianum
§1 Plant
Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth.
vernacular spurred butterfly pea — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Centrosema
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 355 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 355 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Barrow 13013
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Brooks 13027
- Camden 13039
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Coweta 13077
- Dawson 13085
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Forsyth 13117
- Franklin 13119
- Fulton 13121
- Gilmer 13123
- Glynn 13127
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jones 13169
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lincoln 13181
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- Marion 13197
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Peach 13225
- Randolph 13243
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Talbot 13263
- Taliaferro 13265
- Taylor 13269
- Telfair 13271
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Wayne 13305
- Wilkes 13317
- Worth 13321
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Carroll 28015
- Chickasaw 28017
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Bertie 37015
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
Virginia view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CEVI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2964906 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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