NameThatPlant.net: Vicia villosa ssp. villosa

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia villosa ssp. villosa FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

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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 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

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Vetch, Fodder Vetch, Winter Vetch

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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 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

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?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013

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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