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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Vicia sativa ssp. nigra

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

Vicia sativa ssp. nigra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Great Plains Flora Association (1986)

Vicia sativa var. angustifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-004:

Vicia angustifolia   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Vicia angustifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch


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image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vian_001_lvd

        

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_239

        

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

Keith Bradley    kab_v_sativa_nigra_0285

January    Lexington County    SC

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

Keith Bradley    kab_v_sativa_nigra_0320

January    Lexington County    SC

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm120310_183

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm120328_130

March    Pickens County    SC

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm120328_135

March    Pickens County    SC

Leaflets 4-10x as long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).


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image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm32411_61

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Corolla 10-18mm long, pink-purple to whitish; calyx 7-11(-12)mm long, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm32910_109

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm160412_004

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm160412_006

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm210413_9459

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaves (except for the lowermost) usually with branched tendrils, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvangustifolia_home1

April    Anderson County    SC

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvangustifolia_home100b

April    Anderson County    SC

Legume almost terete, not constricted between the subglobose seeds, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm41911_85

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm41911_92

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Calyx glabrous to sparsely short-pubescent, calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vicia sativa ssp. nigra, Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_sativa_nigra_narolf

May        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Great Plains Flora Association (1986)
Vicia sativa var. angustifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-004:
Vicia angustifolia   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia angustifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1631

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

Common

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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 6-12 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pinkish/ Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

Flowers (1-)2(-4) in upper leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Black (dark brown)
Legume

 

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