Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vicia caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Carolina Vetch from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-012:
Vicia caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Vicia hugeri
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vica2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_209
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Calyx densely short-pubescent, nearly regular, lobes triangular, subequal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_229
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm150424_675
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Racemes of 7-20 loosely clustered, pale lavender to white flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm150424_683
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160421_318
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm200409_3629
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140519_873
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Leaflets mostly 0.8-2(2.8)cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140519_875
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Leaflets 10-18(24), elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvcaroliniana_wos1
May Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vicia caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-012:
Vicia caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Vicia hugeri
1632
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Look for it in forests, woodlands, & disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 10-18(24) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Racemes of 7-20 loosely clustered flowers
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p196
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p044
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p146
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p112
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p089
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p038
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p131
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p144
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p181
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p077