Hairypod Cowpea

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.



Naturalistic areas especially near the coast.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Tends to be weedy in behavior and appearance.

Likely used as forage by species such as deer. 

Good cover.

Coastal areas, flatwoods, disturbed areas.

• Showy flowers
• 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.