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Clitoria fragrans
Also called Pigeon Wings, Scrub Pigeon Wing, Scrub Pigeonwing
Clitoria fragrans is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name pigeon wings, or sweet-scented pigeon wings. It is endemic to Central Florida, where it was known most recently from an estimated 58 occurrences, but no current estimates of the total global population are available. The plant is a federally listed threatened species of the United States.
This plant grows in undisturbed areas in Florida scrub habitat, often in the transition between scrub and sandhill areas. It prefers open habitat where it is not shaded by tall woody vegetation. Periodic wildfire is common in this type of habitat in its natural state, a process which keeps the taller vegetation from shading smaller herbs and shrubs. The deeply rooting taproot helps the plant to survive fires and then resprout. The plant grows in dry upland areas of the scrub in white, yellow, and gray sand types.
Clitoria andrei · Clitoria brachystegia · Philippine pigeonwings · Sickle pigeonwings · Clitoria guianensis · Atlantic pigeonwings · Clitoria moyobambensis · Asian pigeonwings · Clitoria woytkowskii · Pigeonwings
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clitoria fragrans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
