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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vicia villosa ssp. varia   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm42810_061

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

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).


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image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

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).

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm140521_079

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

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).

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

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).

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

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).

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm51009_383

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Petals usually violet, rarely white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

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).

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm52111_81

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

Roxanna Martin    rlm52111_82

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

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).

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

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).

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

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).

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm140623_208

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm140623_212

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

JK Marlow    jkm140623_213

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Vicia villosa ssp. varia, Smooth Vetch, Winter Vetch

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

 

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1916

Forb
Annual/Biennial/Rarely perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common

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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

 

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