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 tetrasperma   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia tetrasperma   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Vicia tetrasperma

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

Vicia tetrasperma

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-009:

Vicia tetrasperma   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Vicia tetrasperma

 

COMMON NAME:
Slender Vetch, Smooth Tare, Lentil Vetch, Sparrow Vetch


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image of Vicia tetrasperma, Slender Vetch, Smooth Tare, Lentil Vetch, Sparrow Vetch

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vite_001_lvd

        

image of Vicia tetrasperma, Slender Vetch, Smooth Tare, Lentil Vetch, Sparrow Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm210413_9524

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaves with simple or forked tendrils. Leaflets 4-10(16), 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 tetrasperma, Slender Vetch, Smooth Tare, Lentil Vetch, Sparrow Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm51311_106

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Legume symmetrically rounded at the apex, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Vicia tetrasperma, Slender Vetch, Smooth Tare, Lentil Vetch, Sparrow Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm51311_107

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Calyx lobes unequal: upper about 0.2mm, lowermost and longest up to 1-1.5mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vicia tetrasperma, Slender Vetch, Smooth Tare, Lentil Vetch, Sparrow Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm51311_113

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Vicia tetrasperma, Slender Vetch, Smooth Tare, Lentil Vetch, Sparrow Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm51311_121

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Inflorescence with 1-2(4) flowers, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia tetrasperma   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-009:
Vicia tetrasperma   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

 

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1901

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 4-10(16) leaflets
Mostly alternate

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

Racemes of 1-2(5) flowers

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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