Bradburya virginiana (L.) Kuntze

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Bradburya virginiana (L.) Kuntze

  • Description

    Species Description - Perennial, glabrous or finely rough-pubescent, 6-12 dm. long. Stipules linear, acute; leaflets ovate, oblong-lanceolate or linear, stipellate, rounded at the base, reticulate-veined, 2.5-5 cm. long; peduncles about equalling the petioles, 1-4-flowered; bracts ovate, acute, finely striate; flowers 2.5-4 cm. long; corolla violet; calyx-lobes linear; pod 10-13 em. long, 3.5-4 mm. wide, longacuminate, its margins much thickened.

  • Discussion

    Distribution and ecology - Scrub, rocky and grassy lands, throughout the archipelago from Abaco and Great Bahama to Grand Turk and Inagua : New Jersey to Florida and Texas ; Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil ; West Indies. A species composed of a large number of insignificantly differing races with leaflets varying from linear to broadly ovate ; widely differing plants often growing close together in the same colony. Spurred Butterfly-pea. Lady's Slipper.

  • Distribution

    Abaco and Great Bahama to Grand Turk and Inagua : New Jersey to Florida and Texas ; Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil ; West Indies

    Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| New Jersey United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America| México Mexico North America| Bolivia South America| Brazil South America| West Indies|