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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Vicia sativa var. sativa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia sativa ssp. sativa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11 (2023)
Vicia sativa var. sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia sativa ssp. sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia sativa ssp. sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-003:
Vicia sativa FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia sativa
COMMON NAME:
Common Vetch
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Vicia sativa var. sativa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia sativa ssp. sativa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11
Vicia sativa var. sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia sativa ssp. sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia sativa ssp. sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-003:
Vicia sativa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia sativa
1635
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Rare
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 8-16 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pinkish/ Purplish
(rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Flowers mostly in pairs in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p055
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p114
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p344
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p076
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