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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia americana var. americana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia americana ssp. americana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia americana ssp. americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia americana var. americana
COMMON NAME:
American Vetch, Purple Vetch, Tare
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viam_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_viam_010_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_vicia_americana1
June Shannon County SD
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia americana var. americana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia americana ssp. americana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia americana ssp. americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia americana var. americana
3261
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry rocky or shaly woodlands, forest edges, riverside scours and prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native north of the Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: 8-16 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/ Pinkish-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Racemes of 9 or fewer flowers
FRUIT:
Summer?
Legume
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