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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth.
Cow-pea, Hairypod cowpea

Vigna luteola
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Vine

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: V. repens.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in 1913 by John Kunkel Small for disturbed sites from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.  Observed in the lower sandy Keys only in 1980 (Reimus & Robertson, 1997).  We consider this native throughout the Florida Keys, but possibly extirpated in the lower sandy Keys.

Other data on Vigna luteola available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Vigna luteola has been reported from the following 10 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Present Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section Present Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Dry Tortugas National Park Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Assumed to be Native
Little Hamaca Park Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park Present Native




Vigna luteola has been reported for the following 5 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Beach Dune
Coastal Berm
Disturbed Upland
Disturbed Wetland
Pine Rockland


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Vigna luteola
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Vigna luteola
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Vigna luteola
Copyright by: Shirley Denton