Spurred Butterfly Pea
Centrosema virginianumnative · Hill Country
Spurred Butterfly Pea is a vine native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 10–12 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms pink, blue and purple in Jul–Aug. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Vine
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 10–12 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Jul–Aug · pink, blue, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, loam, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
315 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.