Spurred Butterfly Pea is a perennial native wildflower throughout Florida. Although similar to other pea flowers in structure, the Spurred Butterfly Pea flower hangs upside down with the large, flat standard petal facing downward. The showy flowers are lavender in color with the large standard flat petal having a white center.

Found in old fields, forest margins and dry open woodlands, this plant grows to 5 feet in height but is a weak climber with the spindly vines usually twining loosely across the ground and over low vegetation. Fruit of the Spurred Butterfly Pea is a flat green pod up to 5 1/2 inches in length that turns brown and splits in half with both halves remaining on the vine; seedpods and flowers may be present at the same time.

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