Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Centrosema virginianum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced2 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Benth.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Comm. Legum. Gen.: 56 (1837)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1837	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Butterfly-pea	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	C. & E. U.S.A. to Trop. & Subtrop. America	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	47 cm	47.29 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 75	Differs from sources
Growth habit	Vine, Forb/herb	Vine, Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	empty	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 460	Not on the record
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 444	Sourced

Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth., 1837 14% complete

Butterfly-pea

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