Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Vigna luteola

hairypod cowpea
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

hairypod cowpea

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Vigna luteola

Familia:

Fabaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

Vine

Tamaño:

Scrambling vine. , Stems 6–10 ft or longer and can make mounds up–about 6 ft tall

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

yellow

Color de la fruta:

brown legume

Fenología:

Annual to perennial. Can bloom year round. More likely to fruit in fall

Destacado por:

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Naturalistic areas especially near the coast.

Consideraciones:

Tends to be weedy in behavior and appearance.

Disponibilidad:

Propagación:

Seed.

Luz:

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Somewhat long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

pH del suelo:

Apto para cultivo en:

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Mammals

Larval host for cassius blue (Leptotes cassius), dorantes longtail (Urbanus dorantes), gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus), and long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus) butterflies. Nectar source for gray hairstreak. Attracts bees which are documented pollinators of the genus.

Likely used as forage by species such as deer. Good cover.

Hábitats nativos:

Coastal areas, flatwoods, disturbed areas

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

The flowers and seeds are edibe. This is botanicallly a bean kin to mung beans and black-eyed peas (also botanically a bean). The flowers can be eaten raw or cooked and apparently taste much like green beans. The seeds and seed pods The seeds may be boiled and eaten. Very young whole seedpods are eaten raw as a trailside nibble, although they tend to get stringy when they approach two inches long (Florida Foraging). Can also be grown for forage and for soil enrichment.

Comentarios generales:

Range includes areas usually relatively near the coast in Southeastern United States west to Texas, north to North Carolina, and south to the Monroe County Keys; and Mexico, the Neotropics and Bermuda. Rare in the northern parts of its range and in the Florida keys.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Dean, Jordan. (Undated).Hairy Cowpea - Eat the Weds. ( https://www.eattheweeds.com/hairy-cowpea/ ). Accessed 2026.


Dingha, B. N., L.E. Jackai, B.A. Amoah, and C. Akotsen-Mensah. (2021). Pollinators on Cowpea Vigna unguiculata : Implications for Intercropping to Enhance Biodiversity. Insects, 12(1), 54. ( https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12010054 ). Accessed 2026.


Gann, G.D., C.J. Abbott, C.G. Stocking, K.N. Hines, and collaborators. (2001+). Cowpea, Hairypod Cowpea [in] Natives For Your Neighborhood. ( https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Vignlute ). Accessed 2026. The Institute for Regional Conservation. Delray Beach, FL.


Hammer, Roger. (2018). Complete Guide to Florida Wildflowers. Falcon Guides, Guilford, CT.

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