Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia tetrasperma
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Slender Vetch from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia tetrasperma
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia tetrasperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia tetrasperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-009:
Vicia tetrasperma FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia tetrasperma
COMMON NAME:
Slender Vetch, Smooth Tare, Lentil Vetch, Sparrow Vetch
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vite_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210413_9524
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves with simple or forked tendrils. Leaflets 4-10(16), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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Roxanna Martin rlm51311_106
May Spartanburg County SC
Legume symmetrically rounded at the apex, per Weakley's Flora.
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Roxanna Martin rlm51311_107
May Spartanburg County SC
Calyx lobes unequal: upper about 0.2mm, lowermost and longest up to 1-1.5mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm51311_113
May Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm51311_121
May Spartanburg County SC
Inflorescence with 1-2(4) flowers, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia tetrasperma
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia tetrasperma
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia tetrasperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia tetrasperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-009:
Vicia tetrasperma
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia tetrasperma
1901
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (rare in Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 4-10(16) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Whitish/ Light violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Racemes of 1-2(5) flowers
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
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