Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia caroliniana
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-011 & 012:
Vicia caroliniana FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Vicia hugeri
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia caroliniana
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia hugeri
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Vetch, Wood Vetch, Pale Vetch
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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 jkm230320_1755
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Leaflets 10-18(24), elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvcaroliniana_wos1
May Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia caroliniana
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-011 & 012:
Vicia caroliniana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Vicia hugeri
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia caroliniana
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia hugeri
1632
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: forests, woodlands, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
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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 (Miller & Miller, 2005) p196
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p044
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p146
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p177
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p112
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p089
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p038
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p131
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p209
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p144
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p181
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p077
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