Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vicia acutifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia acutifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-010:
Vicia acutifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sand Vetch, Fourleaf Vetch
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Keith Bradley kab_v_acutifolia_73160
March Miami-Dade County FL
Racemes of 4-10, loosely clustered, often secund flowers; petals pale blue, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vicia acutifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia acutifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-010:
Vicia acutifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
1630
Forb
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Rare
Look for it in pond margins, pine flatwoods, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 2-4(6) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Light blue
with a purple-tipped standard
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Racemes long-stalked, often one-sided, with 4-10 loosely clustered flowers
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume
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