Clitoria marianaL.

Pigeonwings

WFO wfo-0000165604 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Clitoria mariana, photographed by Stephan Eselgroth
fig. a Stephan Eselgroth, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-09-06 / obs. 155688626
Clitoria mariana, photographed by Michael J. Papay
fig. b Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205566099
Clitoria mariana, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. c Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199912988
Clitoria mariana, photographed by kcthetc1
fig. d kcthetc1, CC0 1.0 / obs. 154842979
Clitoria mariana, photographed by kcthetc1
fig. e kcthetc1, CC0 1.0 / obs. 154842926
Clitoria mariana, photographed by Will Kuhn
fig. f Will Kuhn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147598740
Clitoria mariana, photographed by Blake Bringhurst
fig. g Blake Bringhurst, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145978985
Clitoria mariana, photographed by kcthetc1
fig. h kcthetc1, CC0 1.0 / obs. 154842946

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Flowering n = 926 observations

Peak flowering in Jul, from 926 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Clitoria grahamii Steud.
  • Clitoria grahamii sensu Benth., p.p.
  • Clitoria marina L.
  • Martiusia mariana (L.) Small
  • Nauchea mariana (L.) J.T.Descourt.
  • Ternatea mariana (L.) Kuntze
  • Vexillaria mariana (L.) Raf.
  • Vexillaria mariana (L.) Eaton

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.