Flora of North America species comparison

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Clitoria mariana var. mariana
Photo is of parent taxon
Leaflet

blades: abaxial surface sparsely pubescent or glabrate, macrotrichomes inconspicuous (0.3–1 mm), scattered and confined to major veins, adaxial surface glabrate, trichomes scattered, inconspicuous, microuncinate, macrotrichomes absent.
Calyces

glabrate, macrotrichomes sparse, scattered.
2n

= 16.

Clitoria mariana var. mariana
Phenology Flowering (chasmogamous) May–Jul(–Sep), (cleis­togamous) mid Jul–Nov; fruiting (chasmogamous) (May–)Jun–Nov, (cleistogamous) mid Jul–Nov.
Habitat Dry sandy soils, gravelly or rocky soils, open areas of pine, pine-oak, oak-hickory associations, bluff outcrops.
Elevation 0–1900 m. (0–6200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; AZ; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV; Mexico (Nuevo León)
Discussion

Reports of var. mariana from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin are based on misidentifications.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Clitoria > Clitoria mariana
Sibling taxa
C. mariana var. pubescentia
Name authority unknown
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