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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vicia villosa ssp. villosa   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia villosa ssp. villosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vicia villosa ssp. villosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Vicia villosa ssp. villosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Vicia villosa ssp. villosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-006:

Vicia villosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Vicia villosa var. villosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Vetch, Fodder Vetch, Winter Vetch


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vicia villosa ssp. villosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia villosa ssp. villosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia villosa ssp. villosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vicia villosa ssp. villosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia villosa ssp. villosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-006:
Vicia villosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Vicia villosa var. villosa

 

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1637

Forb
Annual/Biennial/Rarely perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common (rare in GA)

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Invasive?

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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 10-20 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Violet (rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Racemes long-stalked, one-sided, with 10-40 densely clustered flowers

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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