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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-007:
Vicia dasycarpa FAMILY Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch
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Roxanna Martin rlm42810_061
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140521_071
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaflets mostly 14-20, more or less pubescent on both sides. Tendrils branched, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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JK Marlow jkm140521_076b
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Racemes secund with (5)10-20 densely clustered flowers. Peduncles 2-6cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140521_079
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140521_082
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Flowers are bicolored (violet & white) in both [ssp. varia and ssp. villosa], per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm140521_084
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Plant glabrate or pubescence of hairs < 1mm long (not conspicuously villous), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Roxanna Martin rlm51009_379
May Spartanburg County SC
Flowers on pedicels 1-2mm long, appearing distinctly laterally attached, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm51009_383
May Spartanburg County SC
Petals usually violet, rarely white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm52110_38
May Spartanburg County SC
Legume oblong, 2-4cm long, 7-10mm broad, compressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm52111_81
May Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm52111_82
May Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_701
May Spartanburg County SC
Racemes long-stalked, dense, one-sided, mostly with 5-15 blue flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm5711_52
May Spartanburg County SC
Calyx lobes unequal: upper 0.5mm or less, lowermost and longest 1-2mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm5908_166
May Spartanburg County SC
Calyx tube decidedly gibbous [one-sidedly enlarged] at base on upper side, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140623_208
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140623_212
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140623_213
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140623_214
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia villosa ssp. varia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-007:
Vicia dasycarpa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
1916
Forb
Annual/Biennial/Rarely perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 14-20 leaflets (mostly)
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Violet
(rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Racemes long-stalked, one-sided, with (5)10-20 densely clustered flowers
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p536
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p112?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p344?
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p207
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p037
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p210
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p144
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p182
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p077
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p335
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