Dixie Speckled Butterpea

Dixie Speckled Butterpea
Uses
Growth Habit	bush
Maturity
Flower Color
Pod Color	green
Seed Color	light red and dark red
Seed Pattern	speckled

Name and History

Heritage variety sometimes sold commercially. D.S. of Texas in 1983. Also known by various reorderings of its name: Dixie Butterpea Speckled, Butterpea Speckled, Butterpea, Dixie Red Speckled Butterpea. (Though there is a white-seeded variant that occasionally goes by some of the same names; see Dixie White Butterpea.)

SSE Accession: LIMA/BUSH

USDA Accession: Dixie Butterpea Speckled Bush (PI 549522)

Uses

Shell or dry beans. Everybody seems love the flavor.

Description

Growth: 60-90 days to maturity. Prolific, heavily-branching bush plants 12-36 inches tall. Tolerates heat.

Flowers: White aging to yellow.

Pods: Flat, green, and small. 3-4 seeds per pod.

Seeds: Round, small, fatter than other limas. Either light red with dark red speckles, or the reverse: dark red with light red speckles.