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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Vetch from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-004:
Vicia angustifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Vicia sativa var. angustifolia
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Vetch, Garden Vetch
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vian_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_v_sativa_nigra_0285
January Lexington County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_v_sativa_nigra_0320
January Lexington County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120310_183
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120328_130
March Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120328_135
March Pickens County SC
Leaflets 4-10x as long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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Roxanna Martin rlm32411_61
March Spartanburg County SC
Corolla 10-18mm long, pink-purple to whitish; calyx 7-11(-12)mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Roxanna Martin rlm32910_109
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160412_004
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160412_006
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210413_9459
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves (except for the lowermost) usually with branched tendrils, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvangustifolia_home1
April Anderson County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvangustifolia_home100b
April Anderson County SC
Legume almost terete, not constricted between the subglobose seeds, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm41911_85
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm41911_92
April Spartanburg County SC
Calyx glabrous to sparsely short-pubescent, calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_sativa_nigra_narolf
May
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-004:
Vicia angustifolia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Vicia sativa var. angustifolia
1631
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 6-12 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pinkish/ Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Flowers (1-)2(-4) in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black (dark brown)
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p055
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p196
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p373
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p114
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p037
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p144
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p181
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p076
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p150