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):
Securigera varia   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Securigera varia   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Securigera varia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Coronilla varia

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

Securigera varia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-22-001:

Coronilla varia   FAMILY Fabaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Crown-vetch


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image of Securigera varia, Crown-vetch

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cova2_001_lvd

        

image of Securigera varia, Crown-vetch

JK Marlow    jkm120526_562

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Securigera varia, Crown-vetch

JK Marlow    jkm120526_562b

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Calyx glabrous, upper 2 lobes more or less united, lower 3 lobes separate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Securigera varia, Crown-vetch

JK Marlow    jkm120526_566

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves odd-pinnate with from 9 to many more oblong leaflets 1/2-3/4" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Securigera varia, Crown-vetch

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_052216hayesville_06

May    Clay County    NC

Roadside

image of Securigera varia, Crown-vetch

JK Marlow    jkm0307d_21

July    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Long-stalked umbels arise singly from numerous leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Securigera varia, Crown-vetch

JK Marlow    jkm0407k_06

July    Jackson County    NC

Roadside

image of Securigera varia, Crown-vetch

JK Marlow    jkm160702_128

July    Jackson County    NC

Pea-like flowers are borne in dense umbels of 10-20 flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Securigera varia, Crown-vetch

JK Marlow    jkm160702_129

July    Jackson County    NC

image of Securigera varia, Crown-vetch

JK Marlow    jkm160702_130

July    Jackson County    NC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Securigera varia   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Coronilla varia

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-22-001:
Coronilla varia   FAMILY Fabaceae

 

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387

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Roadbanks, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC, rare in Coastal Plain

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 11-19 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/Rose/Lilac
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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