Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vicia hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Tiny Vetch from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-008:
Vicia hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Tiny Vetch, Hairy Tare
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vihi_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150327_955957
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm150327_955957b
March Greenville County SC
Leaves with 6-8 pairs of linear to elliptic leaflets, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_vicia_hirsuta_5263
May Currituck County NC
Flowers white, 3-6 in raceme, each 2-3mm, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_vicia_hirsuta_5265
May Currituck County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_vicia_hirsuta_5278
May Currituck County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vicia hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-008:
Vicia hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
2356
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in disturbed areas, 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: (8)10-16 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish/ Light blue
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Racemes of (2)3-5(8) flowers
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume
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