Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia lathyroides
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia lathyroides
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia lathyroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia lathyroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-001:
Vicia lathyroides FAMILY Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Spring Vetch
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Keith Bradley kab_v_lathyroides_3942
February SC
Flowers 5-8mm long, usually solitary in upper leaf axils, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia lathyroides
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia lathyroides
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia lathyroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia lathyroides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-001:
Vicia lathyroides
FAMILY
Fabaceae
3480
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 4-6(8) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Light blue-violet changing to white
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary or rarely paired in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume
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