Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia cracca
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Cow Vetch from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia cracca ssp. cracca
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia cracca
INCLUDING Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia cracca var. cracca
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-005:
Vicia cracca FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia cracca
COMMON NAME:
Cow Vetch, Tufted Vetch
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia cracca
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia cracca ssp. cracca
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia cracca
INCLUDING
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia cracca var. cracca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-005:
Vicia cracca
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia cracca
1633
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: (12)16-24 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet
(rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Racemes long-stalked, one-sided, with 20-50 densely clustered flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p112
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p037
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p077
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