NameThatPlant.net: Vicia villosa ssp. varia

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-007:

Vicia dasycarpa FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-007:
Vicia dasycarpa FAMILY Fabaceae

1916

Forb
Annual/Biennial/Rarely perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common

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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 14-20 leaflets (mostly)
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 (5)10-20 densely clustered flowers

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume

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