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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia hirsuta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia hirsuta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-008:
Vicia hirsuta FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia hirsuta
COMMON NAME:
Tiny Vetch, Hairy Tare
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vihi_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150327_955957
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm150327_955957b
March Greenville County SC
Leaves with 6-8 pairs of linear to elliptic leaflets, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_vicia_hirsuta_5263
May Currituck County NC
Flowers white, 3-6 in raceme, each 2-3mm, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_vicia_hirsuta_5265
May Currituck County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_vicia_hirsuta_5278
May Currituck County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vicia hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vicia hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vicia hirsuta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Vicia hirsuta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-36-008:
Vicia hirsuta
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vicia hirsuta
2356
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Even-pinnately compound: (8)10-16 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish/ Light blue
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
Racemes of (2)3-5(8) flowers
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume
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