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Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth.
Spurred butterfly-pea

Copyright by: Michelle Hayden
In habitat, Eleuthera, Bahamas, 2013

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Vine

Perennation: Perennial

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

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: Bradburya virginiana.

Other data on Centrosema virginianum available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Centrosema virginianum has been found in the following 71 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Coral Pines Park	Present	Native
Coral Reef Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Gasparilla Island State Park	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
High Ridge Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Reported
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39		Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Northrop Pineland	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Pal-Mar	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Ron Ehmann Park	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seacrest Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Tropical Park	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Reported
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Centrosema virginianum has been found in the following 10 counties :
Broward County	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Glades County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native