OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia caroliniana   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Vicia caroliniana

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

Vicia caroliniana

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-011 & 012:

Vicia caroliniana   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Vicia hugeri

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Vicia caroliniana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Vicia hugeri

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch


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image of Vicia caroliniana, Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vica2_001_lvd

        

image of Vicia caroliniana, Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm230320_1755

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Leaflets 10-18(24), elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE pinnately compound leaves of forbs

image of Vicia caroliniana, Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm060429_209

April    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

Calyx densely short-pubescent, nearly regular, lobes triangular, subequal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vicia caroliniana, Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm060429_229

April    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

image of Vicia caroliniana, Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm150424_675

April    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Racemes of 7-20 loosely clustered, pale lavender to white flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vicia caroliniana, Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm150424_683

April    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Vicia caroliniana, Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm160421_318

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Vicia caroliniana, Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm200409_3629

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Vicia caroliniana, Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm140519_873

May    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

Leaflets mostly 0.8-2(2.8)cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vicia caroliniana, Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvcaroliniana_wos1

May    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia caroliniana   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia caroliniana   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

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

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-011 & 012:
Vicia caroliniana   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Vicia hugeri

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia caroliniana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia hugeri

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1632

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests, woodlands, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 10-18(24) leaflets
Mostly alternate

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

Racemes of 7-20 loosely clustered flowers

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume

 

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